Fundamental Genetics Terms

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Across
  1. 4. nucleic acid containing uracil rather than thymine, often found in viruses as genetic material
  2. 5. a unit of information that encodes a genetic characteristic
  3. 7. DNA plus proteins makeup this "vehicle of genetic information
  4. 8. cell division in non-reproductive cells
  5. 9. nucleic acid made of nucleotides consisting of adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine
  6. 10. permanent changes in genetic information
  7. 11. a cell that contains free-floating DNA and no membrane-bound organelles
  8. 12. changes that affect a single gene
  9. 13. environmental affects that alter the "reading" of DNA
  10. 15. actual genetic (DNA) makeup found in an organism
Down
  1. 1. various forms of a gene
  2. 2. changes affect the number or structure of chromosomes in an organism
  3. 3. changes in DNA over time
  4. 6. a cell that contains a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
  5. 10. cell division for the purpose of producing reproductive cells
  6. 14. the demonstrated trait as a result of ones DNA, the actual physical makeup
  7. 16. genetic information is transcribed from DNA to RNA to this molecule