Across
- 4. The mutation in SLC30A8 causes a ___trait where the person is 65% less likely to get type 2 diabetes
- 6. A trait that does not help or harm an organism
- 8. A type of sugar
- 10. A genetic condition where an individual has an extra copy of their 21st chromosome.
- 11. Lare, complex molecules that are responsible for most of the functions and chemical reactions in living cells.
- 13. Type 2___is a dangerous disorder that causes higher than normal levels of glucose in the blood
- 14. Characteristics an organism gets from its parents.
Down
- 1. a living cell's instructions for how to build different proteins.
- 2. The ___of a protein allows us to exhibit so many different traits
- 3. A condition where an organism has 2 different eye colors
- 5. Mistakes in the genetic code are very____.
- 7. Individuals with down syndrome have altered protein structures and functions, causing some____traits they all share.
- 8. parts of DNA that make up a genetic code.
- 9. All women can pass on a mutated gene that causes Down Syndrome, but the ____increases as the woman gets older.
- 12. When a mistake is made when copying the genetic code from one generation to the next