Genetics crossword

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Across
  1. 1. the molecule that carries genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism.
  2. 4. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
  3. 5. Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells
  4. 6. a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
Down
  1. 2. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
  2. 3. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
  3. 4. the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.