Across
- 1. this mutation increases an organisms fitness, allowing them to outcompete others in their population
- 3. a mutation that does not alter the function of essential genes
- 5. this mutation does not change the amino acid
- 7. individuals with this mutation are less likely to survive, reproduce, or pass on mutations
- 9. nitrous acid, ethyl urethan, and formaldehyde are examples of...
Down
- 2. this kind of mutation alters the reading frame of the codon in a DNA sequence
- 4. one nucleotide is replaced with another nucleotide
- 6. physical, chemical, or biological agents that cause mutations
- 8. the cells that cause mutations to be inherited