Across
- 1. fingerprint biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases
- 3. a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid
- 5. purine base found in DNA and RNA
- 7. a threadlike strand of DNA that carries genes
- 8. any of the forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus
- 9. division the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
Down
- 1. a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell
- 2. is reproduction without the fusion of gametes
- 3. an organism with a recessive gene masked by a dominant allele
- 4. an allele that produces the same phenotype
- 6. the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
- 7. a genetically identical organism derived from a single cell