Genetics, Natural and Artificial Selection Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- darwin : the "father" of evolution
- artificial : selection exerted by humans
- nucleus : where dna is stored
- adaptation : structural or behavioral feature that helps an organism survive
- adaptive radiation : species evolve from a common ancestor
- geno type : the alleles in an individual
- heterozygous : containing dominant and recessive alleles
- finches : a group of birds darwin studied
- co dominance : when both alleles are expressed equally
- trait : physical characteristics
- mutations : changes in the dna of an organism
- dna : deoxyribonucleic acid
- phenotype : the physical appearance of an individual
- extinction : when species completely disappears from earth
- incomplete : dominance when neither allele completely masks the presence of the other
- natural selection : process where organisms change over many generations
- galapagos : islands where darwin observed birds
- sex linked : alleles attached to x or y chromosome
- species : group of organisms that can interbreed
- helix : shape of dna
