DNA, Genes & Proteins

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Across
  1. 4. A long, thin thread-like structure found in the nuclei of all cells in the human body
  2. 5. A common type of mutagen
  3. 6. Any change on the base sequence of DNA
  4. 7. DNA is read in groups of 3 bases, what do you call this
  5. 10. A picture of a complete set of chromosomes from an organism
  6. 11. One of the DNA bases
  7. 12. Any substance or object that has the ability to cause changes in the DNA base sequence
  8. 14. A mutation where swapping a single base in the DNA triplet will effects only one amino acid
  9. 15. A gene code contains instructions to make this
Down
  1. 1. Where a gene is found
  2. 2. A length of DNA that contains codes for the instructions to make a protein
  3. 3. Refers to the location of a specific gene
  4. 8. Each group of 3 bases codes for this
  5. 9. The most common genetic disorder that exists in trisomy 21
  6. 13. A mutation where it is the addition of one or more base in the DNA triplet, changing the position of the whole reading frame