Across
- 3. a graphic used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring in a given cross.
- 4. a cell organelle made of ribosomal RNA.
- 9. changes in the number, type, or order of bases on a piece of DNA.
- 10. the process in which the cell is able to make copies of DNA molecules.
- 11. Ribonucleic acid
- 12. the use and application of living things and biological processes.
- 13. an organism, cell, or piece of genetic material that is genetically identical to the one from which it is derived.
- 14. the process of selecting and breeding organisms that have certain desired traits.
Down
- 1. the process in which a piece of DNA is modified for use in research, medicine, agriculture, or industry.
- 2. A base, a sugar, and a phosphate group that make a building block of DNA. These repeating chemical units joint together to form the DNA molecule.
- 5. traces the occurrence of a trait through generations of a family.
- 6. a molecule that contains information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits.
- 7. the mathematical chance of a specific outcome in relation to the total number of possible outcomes.
- 8. an expression that compares two quantities.