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