Biodiversity - Topics 3, 4 and 5

4. Type of asexual spore that move using a tail-like flagella
7. Type of asexual reproduction used by some fungi (mushrooms) by forming single-celled structures called ________
12. Changes in DNA due to mutagens
14. General term used for a plant that does not produce flowers. Seeds are produced in a cone
15. Type of variation with limited possibilities
17. Swedish chemist that collected DNA from cells in 1868
19. Type of asexual reproduction used by many one-celled organisms, such as amoebas
21. Deoxyribonucleic acid
22. In DNA, nitrogen base that binds with cytosine
25. "Many fingers"
26. Structure that nourishes the embryo in a plant
28. A section of the DNA molecule that codes for a specific proteins
29. In plants, the growing tips of roots and stems that contain rapidly reproducing cells
31. In DNA, nitrogen base that binds with thymine

1. Another name for an exact copy of a parent (Dolly, the sheep)
2. Type of variation with many possibilities (eye and hair colour)
3. The study of heredity
5. Egg and sperm
6. Tongue rolling is a _________ characteristic
8. Female reproductive organ on a plant
9. Body cells
10. James ________ and Francis Crick, scientists who discovered the structure of DNA
11. Bacterial ___________ is a type of sexual reproduction used by bacteria to transfer genetic material from one cell to another
13. Factor that causes mutations in cells (such as X-rays and tanning beds)
16. Type of reproduction where two parents supply genetic material to a genetically DIFFERENT offspring
18. Structures composed of strands of DNA
19. Type of asexual reproduction used by sea sponges and hydra that produce a bud that detaches
20. General term used for a flowering plant
23. Structure formed after two gametes are fertilized
24. Male reproductive organ on a plant
27. Type of reproduction when only one parent produces an IDENTICAL offspring
30. The zygote in a plant undergoes many cell divisions to form a multicellular ________