Evolution Vocab 1 Crossword

The process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors.
natural selection where members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with
The process by which humans change a species by breeding it for certain traits.
A measure of the ability to survive and produce more offspring relative to other members of the population in a given environment.
A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can reproduce and have fertile offspring.
Natural selection in which an extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotypes.
the change in allele frequencies that occurs over time within a population.
The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in the group to which it belongs.
A feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.
All the individuals of a species that live in an area.
Traces of organisms that existed in the past.
changes in at least two species' genetic compositions reciprocally affect each other’s evolution.
A type of natural selection in which genetic diversity decreases as the population stabilizes on a particular trait value.
A sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events
A mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptions produce more offspring than do other individuals.
process by which unrelated or distantly related organisms evolve similar adaptations.
accumulation of differences between groups which can lead to the formation of new species
the relative frequency of an allele.
A principle stating that both allele and genotype frequencies in a randomly-mating population remain constant
Natural selection in which an extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotypes.