Fundamental Genetics Terms
Across
- 4. a cell that contains free-floating DNA and no membrane-bound organelles
- 5. nucleic acid made of nucleotides consisting of adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine
- 8. a cell that contains a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
- 11. changes that affect a single gene
- 12. actual genetic (DNA) makeup found in an organism
- 14. changes in DNA over time
- 15. cell division in non-reproductive cells
- 16. environmental affects that alter the "reading" of DNA
Down
- 1. DNA plus proteins makeup this "vehicle of genetic information
- 2. changes affect the number or structure of chromosomes in an organism
- 3. genetic information is transcribed from DNA to RNA to this molecule
- 6. various forms of a gene
- 7. cell division for the purpose of producing reproductive cells
- 9. nucleic acid containing uracil rather than thymine, often found in viruses as genetic material
- 10. the demonstrated trait as a result of ones DNA, the actual physical makeup
- 11. a unit of information that encodes a genetic characteristic
- 13. permanent changes in genetic information