Across
- 4. expression of the genotype that creates traits
- 5. the total sum of genetic material of a living organism or virus
- 6. a chromosome released by a destroyed cell breaks into fragments small enough to be accepted by a recipient cell
- 7. turns on a gene expression, initiated by an inducer
- 10. a conservative process in which the donor bacterium retains a copy of the genetic material being transferred
- 12. segment of DNA where RNA polymerase initiates transcription of structural genes
- 13. dsDNA is used to synthesize an RNA molecule
- 14. mRNA is used to produce a protein
- 15. the organelles of protein production in living organisms
Down
- 1. an event in which one bacterium donates DNA to another bacterium
- 2. the study of inheritance or heredity of living things
- 3. segment of DNA that controls transcription of structural genes by binding to a repressor protein
- 8. groups of three nucleotides in mRNA that each encode for an amino acid that is added to a growing peptide chain
- 9. any change to the nucleotide sequence in the genome as a mutation
- 11. inhibition of gene expression to decrease protein synthesis, mediated by repressors