Genetics Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Selectively modify DNA
  2. 5. Is the process through which information encoded in messenger RNA directs the addition of amino acids during protein synthesis
  3. 8. Is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene’s DNA sequence
  4. 11. Occurs in a genome when a single base pair is added, deleted or changed
  5. 15. The entire DNA instructions found in a cell
  6. 16. The Structure of DNA
  7. 18. Basic building block of RNA and DNA
  8. 19. Instructions that tell the cell on how to make a specific protein
  9. 20. Some contribute to an individual’s observable traits, called the phenotype
Down
  1. 1. Insertion or deletion of nucleotides
  2. 3. The DNA that you inherit from your parents
  3. 4. Change in the DNA sequence in an organism
  4. 6. DNA change that results in different amino acids being encoded at a particular position in the resulting protein
  5. 7. DNA that is past down
  6. 9. The four nucleotide bases in DNA
  7. 10. Complex molecules that play important roles in the body
  8. 12. What builds a protein
  9. 13. DNA or RNA sequence of three nucleotides
  10. 14. Makes up observable traits
  11. 17. Combination of all genes