Mutation & Selection

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Across
  1. 2. The nitrogenous bases on a RNA strand, (Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, and Guanine)
  2. 3. a smaller molecule that functions to decode a message on a larger, usually, DNA molecule
  3. 5. the physical appearance of an organism
  4. 6. a measure of how well an organism can survive and reproduce in a given environment
  5. 8. the genetic makeup of an organism
  6. 11. a large biomolecule that contains smaller molecules of amino acid
  7. 13. a trait that is beneficial to an organism
  8. 15. A cell that is the site of protein making
  9. 16. a change in a gene
  10. 18. change is the inherited traits of a population of organisms that occurs over many generations
  11. 19. one of two or more forms that a gene could take
Down
  1. 1. the process by which favorable inherited traits become more common over time
  2. 4. a segment of DNA that determines or helps to determine a trait
  3. 7. the process of making a protein at the site of the ribosome
  4. 9. specific proteins on the surface of the Coronavirus that are capable of sticking to certain human body cells
  5. 10. a rod-shaped structure within a cell's nucleus that is composed of DNA and proteins
  6. 12. the full nitrogenous base codes of a virus or organism
  7. 14. Know as deoxyribonucleic
  8. 17. a characteristic of an organism