Across
- 1. the molecule that carries genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism.
- 4. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
- 5. Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells
- 6. a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
Down
- 2. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
- 3. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
- 4. the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.