Across
- 2. Major extension of the soma.
- 4. Long strings of genetic material (46 total).
- 5. Study of gene-environment interactions, such as how the same genotype leads to different phenotypes.
- 7. Sequences of DNA that control or partially control a number of visible characteristics known as traits.
- 10. genetic makeup of an individual
- 11. Created the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- 14. cells that provide scaffolding on which the nervous system is built.
- 15. Specific version of a gene.
- 16. cell body.
- 17. Consisting of two different alleles.
- 18. Helix-shaped molecule made up of nucleotide base pairs.
Down
- 1. Chemical messengers of the nervous system.
- 3. Consisting of two identical alleles.
- 6. inherited physical characteristics
- 8. Branch-like extension of the soma that receives incoming signals from other neurons.
- 9. twins that develop from a single fertilized egg that split.
- 12. twins that develop from two different eggs fertilized by different sperm
- 13. Cells that act as interconnected information processors, which are essential for all tasks of the nervous system.
