Genetics: part 1

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Across
  1. 3. the process by which a cell makes proteins using the genetic information carried in messenger RNA (mRNA)
  2. 5. The basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child
  3. 7. , produces two identical nuclei
  4. 8. a molecule that carries genetic information
  5. 10. capable of catalyzing the reaction of joining two large molecules by establishing a new chemical bond
  6. 13. the process by which a cell makes an RNA copy of a piece of DNA
  7. 15. a molecule that carries instructions for making proteins
  8. 17. a type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA
  9. 18. synthesis process of making proteins by amino acids
  10. 20. made up of a nitrogen-containing base
Down
  1. 1. large molecules that store and express genetic information in cells and viruses
  2. 2. a copy, or a transcription, of DNA
  3. 4. the unwinding and separation of double-stranded DNA
  4. 6. Any change in the DNA sequence of a cell
  5. 9. the process by which the genome's DNA is copied in cells
  6. 11. an enzyme that creates a primer on a DNA strand
  7. 12. a molecule made up of chains of smaller units called amino acids
  8. 14. carrys genetic information in the form of genes.
  9. 16. a type of cell division that creates egg and sperm cells
  10. 19. reading the order of amino acids and linking amino acids together