Year 10 Biology
Across
- 1. Process of copying DNA
- 5. Expression of both alleles in heterozygotes
- 6. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- 8. Units of heredity
- 10. Nitrogenous unit of a nucleotide
- 13. _____ Charts: Diagrams showing inheritance patterns within a family
- 15. _____ bonds: Weak chemical bonds between hydrogen and other atoms
- 18. Observable characteristics of an organism
- 19. Different forms of a gene
- 20. Having one set of chromosomes
- 22. Cell division resulting in two identical daughter cells
- 24. Having two different alleles for a gene
Down
- 2. _____ base pairing: Matching of bases in DNA strands (A-T, G-C)
- 3. Genetic makeup of an organism
- 4. ____ cells: Cells formed through cell division
- 7. _____ Projects: Projects aiming to map and sequence the entire set of DNA in an organism
- 9. ____ Inheritance: Transmission of traits from parents to offspring
- 11. Allele expressed in the phenotype only when no dominant allele is present
- 12. Thread-like structures containing DNA
- 14. Having two sets of chromosomes
- 16. Allele expressed in the phenotype when present
- 17. ______ dominance: Blending of alleles in heterozygotes
- 18. ______squares: Diagrams used to predict offspring genotypes
- 21. Cell division producing gametes
- 23. Having two identical alleles for a gene