Genetics and Evolution

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Across
  1. 2. A change in the DNA sequence (8)
  2. 5. Type of speciation which occurs when geographical barriers are present (10)
  3. 9. The "father of modern genetics" (6)
  4. 11. Genetic disorder caused by trisomy 21 (4)
  5. 12. The unit of heredity that is passed from parent to offspring (4)
  6. 14. A diagram showing the genetic relationships between family members (8)
  7. 15. The process by which mRNA is used to build a protein (11)
  8. 17. The entirety of RNA expressed by an organism (13)
  9. 18. The observable characteristics of an organism resulting from its genotype (9)
  10. 20. The molecule that carries genetic information in cells (3)
  11. 22. The process of the formation of new species (10)
  12. 23. Exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes (13)
  13. 25. The study of heritable changes in cell function without alteration of the DNA sequence (11)
  14. 26. This type of inheritance involves the contribution of multiple genes to a single phenotype (9)
Down
  1. 1. Key mechanism for evolution proposed by Charles Darwin (7,9)
  2. 3. Selective breeding of plants and animals to produce desirable traits (10,9)
  3. 4. The process by which DNA is used to make RNA (13)
  4. 6. The study of the distribution of alleles in populations and how they change over time (10,8)
  5. 7. The process by which species diversify over time (9)
  6. 8. The molecule responsible for transporting amino acids to the ribosome during translation (4)
  7. 10. The diagram used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring from a genetic cross (7,6)
  8. 13. The process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similar traits (11)
  9. 16. A variant of a DNA sequence at a specific locus
  10. 19. The process of cell division that produces two identical daughter cells (7)
  11. 21. The location of a specific gene on a chromosome (5)
  12. 24. The process of cell division that produces gametes (7)