Genetics

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Across
  1. 3. also called inheritance or biological inheritance
  2. 5. one of two, or more, forms of a given gene variant
  3. 9. what DNA stands for
Down
  1. 1. a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes
  2. 2. a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses
  3. 4. split the DNA molecule into two rails and then transport corresponding nitrogenous bases to each rail
  4. 6. an acronym for the four types of bases found in a DNA molecule
  5. 7. a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism
  6. 8. basic unit of heredity and a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that encodes the synthesis of a gene product, either RNA or protein
  7. 10. contains DNA