Chapter 8

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Across
  1. 2. A distinct cellular structure composed of DNA and protein
  2. 4. The study of inheritance or heredity of living things
  3. 5. The total sum of genetic material of living organisms or viruses
  4. 7. __ Position is a change in the third nucleotide of a codon
  5. 10. Any change to the nucleotide sequence in the genome.
  6. 11. Segment of DNA where RNA polymerase initiates transcription of structural genes
  7. 12. the sum of all gene types
  8. 13. __ Chromosomes are DNA wound around histone-LIKE proteins
  9. 14. __ Genes code for proteins
  10. 15. Groups of 3 nucleotides in mRNA that each encode for an amino acid
Down
  1. 1. The loss of a base pair
  2. 3. The addition of a base pair
  3. 6. __ Genes control gene expression
  4. 8. __ Chromosomes are DNA wound around histone proteins
  5. 9. Where one bacterium donates DNA to another bacterium