Across
- 3. also called inheritance or biological inheritance
- 5. one of two, or more, forms of a given gene variant
- 9. what DNA stands for
Down
- 1. a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes
- 2. a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses
- 4. split the DNA molecule into two rails and then transport corresponding nitrogenous bases to each rail
- 6. an acronym for the four types of bases found in a DNA molecule
- 7. a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism
- 8. basic unit of heredity and a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that encodes the synthesis of a gene product, either RNA or protein
- 10. contains DNA