Genetics and Heredity

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Across
  1. 3. - What is the passing of traits to an organism?
  2. 5. - (2 words) are caused by changes in the mitochondrial DNA.
  3. 6. - HUman Genome Project
  4. 8. - a long, thread like molecule (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
  5. 10. - The form that shows up more often in the population
  6. 12. - Peices of DNA
  7. 14. - (2 words) are another type of chromosomal abnormality, involving variations in multiple genes, and are often combines with environmental causes.
  8. 15. - any living thing
  9. 16. - what is the next generation of an organism called?
  10. 17. - each gene has code for making _______, each one creates a gene of the organism
  11. 18. - The trait that shows up less in the population
Down
  1. 1. - The characteristics of a organism
  2. 2. - (2 words) When a chromosome is entirely changed
  3. 4. - (3 words)Involves mutations in the DNA sequences of single genes. As a result, the protein the gene codes for is either altered or missing.
  4. 7. - all of a organisms DNA
  5. 9. - tightly coiled up DNA in the nucleus
  6. 11. - What is the study or heredity?
  7. 13. - a change in the DNA that could be catastrophic or fine