Evolution Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• population: a group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time
• allele frequency: is the relative frequency of an allele (variant of a gene) at a particular locus in a population, expressed as a fraction or percentage
• fitness: the ability to survive to reproductive age, find a mate, and produce offspring.
• gene pool: the set of all genes, or genetic information, in any population, usually of a particular species
• natural selection: characteristic of an individual that allows it to survive to produce more offspring
• adaptation: is a trait with a current functional role in the life of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection.
• variation: any difference between cells
• evolution: different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth
• speciation: splitting of a single evolutionary lineage into two or more genetically independent lineages