Fundamental Genetics Terms

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