Genetics

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Across
  1. 1. fingerprint biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases
  2. 3. a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid
  3. 5. purine base found in DNA and RNA
  4. 7. a threadlike strand of DNA that carries genes
  5. 8. any of the forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus
  6. 9. division the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
Down
  1. 1. a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell
  2. 2. is reproduction without the fusion of gametes
  3. 3. an organism with a recessive gene masked by a dominant allele
  4. 4. an allele that produces the same phenotype
  5. 6. the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
  6. 7. a genetically identical organism derived from a single cell