Requirements for Evolution Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• variation : differences in form and function among individuals of the same species
• genotype : the genetic makeup of an organism.
• phenotype : the structural, physiological, and behavioral traits of an organism.
• point : gene level mutation that acts on a single/small number of nucleotides.
• chromosomal : mutation that acts on relatively large sections of dna.
• substitution : a type of point mutation that alters one nucleotide and hence one amino acid.
• frameshift : a type of point mutation that affects a number of nucleotides not divisible by 3.
• germ line : type of mutation passed on to all future generations.
• meiosis : type of eukaryotic cell division that transmits genetic material to the next generation.
• allele : an alternate form of a gene.
• polygenic : a type of inheritance in which two or more genes cause a single phenotype.