Gene and Genetics

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Across
  1. 2. A person who has one disease-causing allele but is phenotypically normal..
  2. 5. The frequency of the genotype will result in the phenotype.
  3. 6. A phenomenon in which the signs and symptoms of genetic conditions tend to become more severe, or expressed at an earlier age, as it is passed from one generation to the next
  4. 7. The process of gene silencing.
  5. 9. Basic units of inheritance.
  6. 10. The study of how cells control gene activity without changing the DNA sequence.
  7. 12. The number of new cases of a disease reported during a specific time period divided by the number of individuals in the population
  8. 14. A variant of a gene
  9. 16. The process by which genetic information is transferred from DNA to RNA for protein synthesis.
  10. 17. The genetic makeup.
Down
  1. 1. The process of where protein assembly occurs from the interaction of messenger RNA (mRNA) and transfer RNA (tRNA).
  2. 3. Autosomal disease includes most inborn errors of metabolism, onset is early in life, seen in siblings, but usually not in their parents.
  3. 4. The proportion of the population affected by a disease at a specific point in time.
  4. 8. Autosomal disease is usually also present in a parent, both sexes exhibit
  5. 11. Is the hereditary material and a basic unit that makes our genes.
  6. 13. Basic building blocks of all living things
  7. 15. Triplet of base pairs of RNA (like UAG, CGG), that are necessary to code for a specific amino acid.