Jadyn's Genetics Vocab.
Across
- 1. a threadlike strand of DNA that carries genes
- 4. cell a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell
- 7. an allele that produces the same phenotype
- 13. having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
- 16. organism with a recessive gene masked by a dominant allele
- 17. bred for many generations from a member of a recognized breed or strain
- 18. purine base found in DNA and RNA
- 19. a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell
- 21. the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Down
- 2. similar in position, structure, function, or characteristics
- 3. any event that changes genetic structure
- 5. a part of the cell responsible for growth and reproduction
- 6. having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
- 8. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome
- 9. the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes)
- 10. a genetically identical organism derived from a single cell
- 11. a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside
- 12. the transmission of genetic factors to the next generation
- 13. the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock
- 14. of a gene that produces a feature if present in both parents
- 15. the immediate descendants of a person or organism
- 20. any of the forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus