Across
- 5. the decoding of mRNA into proteins
- 7. middle layer, developes into muscle
- 9. lack a backbone, or vertebral column
- 10. making RNA from a sequence of DNA bases
- 13. involve change in number or structure of chromosome (two words)
- 15. a single imaginary plane divides the body into left and right sides (two words)
- 16. tries to explain living organisms by studying them at the molecular level (two words)
- 17. gene mutations that involve changes in one or a few nucleotides(two words)
- 18. puts down a short piece of RNA termed the primer
- 20. all animals are this, with no cell walls
- 21. digestion of food inside specialized cells that pass nutrients to other cells by diffusion (two words)
- 22. similar body structures (two words)
- 25. nature provides the variation, and humans provide the selection (two words)
- 27. innermost germ layer, develops into linings of digestive tract/respiratory system
- 28. enzyme that binds to DNA during transcription and separates DNA strands, then used one strand used one strand as a template to create a complementary strand of RNA (two words)
Down
- 1. chordates with a backbone
- 2. all living organisms are related to one another (two words)
- 3. joins the ends of newly-synthesized DNA
- 4. a hollow nerve cord that runs along the back part of the body
- 6. organisms that are best adapted to an environment survive and reproduce more that others (two words)
- 8. interior body space whose tissues carry out digestive and circulatory functions (two words)
- 11. father of evolution
- 12. this is the sugar found iN RNA
- 14. Process in which food is broken down outside cells in a digestive system and is them adsorbed (two words)
- 19. reads along each single naked strand adding the complementary nucleotide (two words)
- 23. heritable changes in genetic information
- 24. outermost layer, produces organs, nerves, and the outer layer of skin
- 26. a nucleic acid that consists of a long chain of nucleotides