Across
- 3. specialised functions within a cell
- 5. complete set of DNA
- 7. results in two daughter cells
- 8. where two chromatids forming the chromosome are joined
- 12. goes through process of reproduction
- 14. microscopic single celled organism
- 15. can be dominant and recessive
- 17. makes protein
- 18. threadlike strands in DNA
- 20. controls growth and reproduction
- 21. final stage of meiosis or mitosis
- 24. second stage of cell division
- 25. a cell with two sets of chromosomes
- 26. cells used during sexual reproduction
- 27. nucleus divides in sexually reproducing organisms
- 28. building blocks of life
Down
- 1. half the diploid number of cells
- 2. exists as a part of the centrosome
- 4. any cell of living organisms besides reproductive cells
- 6. a cell that contains a nucleus surrounded by membrane
- 9. resting phase between devision of cells
- 10. outside layer that protects the cell
- 11. main component of chromosomes
- 13. sequence of nucleotides in DNA
- 14. first stage of cell division
- 16. cell death
- 19. a map of chromosomes
- 22. molecule composed of amino acids
- 23. fibre network of filaments