Star biology prep

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Across
  1. 2. a property (something it can do)
  2. 3. inherited the same alleles from parents
  3. 5. synthesis a cell makes protein
  4. 6. the process by which a cell makes an RNA copy of a piece of DNA
  5. 8. double helix
  6. 9. one of the four nucleotide bases in DNA
  7. 10. first step in mitosis
  8. 12. cell divides into two daughter cells
  9. 13. a change in the DNA sequence
  10. 14. helps stabilize nucleic acids structures
  11. 15. a stage in mitosis where chromosomes move from the center to the opposite ends
  12. 17. the first growth period of the cell cycle during interphase
  13. 18. different alleles for a trait
  14. 21. the second growth period of the cell cycle
  15. 22. bases molecule that contains nitrogen
  16. 24. copies its DNA for mitosis
  17. 25. basic building block of DNA or RNA
Down
  1. 1. an allele that underrules the other allele
  2. 4. offspring of individuals that differ with respect to two pairs of genes
  3. 5. phosphoric acid that contains phosphorus
  4. 6. cell makes proteins using genetic info
  5. 7. the physical process of cell division, which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell into two daughter cells
  6. 11. an allele that overrules the other allele
  7. 13. second stage of cell division
  8. 16. helix the structure of DNA
  9. 17. chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA or rna
  10. 19. used especially by organisms as a source of metabolic energy (ATP
  11. 20. final stage in mitosis
  12. 23. A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA