Genetics 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. particular characteristic of an individual (eye color, hair color)
  2. 5. type of biomolecule that performs many different functions in the body
  3. 6. process during protein synthesis where DNA is used to make mRNA
  4. 8. the monomer of proteins
  5. 9. Nitrogenous base that bonds with thymine in DNA and Uracil in RNA
Down
  1. 1. the monomer for a nucleic acid; made of a nitrogen base, sugar and a phosphate molecule
  2. 3. process during protein synthesis where mRNA moves to the ribosome so that it can be used to create a chain of amino acids that can be folded into a completed protein
  3. 4. Nitrogenous base that bonds with guanine in DNA and RNA
  4. 7. A mutation where a single nucleotide is switched, or substituted for another
  5. 10. biomolecule that carries the genetic information of an organism