Genetics & Mutations

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Across
  1. 5. AA or aa
  2. 8. Traits that need two to be expressed.
  3. 10. The thing that DNA gets copied into during transcription
  4. 11. A trait, can be dominant or recessive.
  5. 13. the location on a chromosome that has a trait.
  6. 14. Genetic information in the form of a double-helix structure inside of the nucleus of a cell.
  7. 16. A substance that makes parts of living things; made of amino acids.
  8. 18. A change in DNA or chromosomes
  9. 19. The genetic makeup of traits. Some traits can be “hidden”.
Down
  1. 1. Part of a cell that surrounds mRNA and helps build the protein chain.
  2. 2. the four base chemicals of DNA
  3. 3. A mutation that doesn’t cause harm or benefit the organism
  4. 4. Traits that overpower recessive traits. Only one is needed for phenotype expression.
  5. 6. Aa
  6. 7. The physical appearance of a trait
  7. 9. DNA that is organized and compact. Humans have 46.
  8. 12. A tool to figure out the genotype and phenotype of offspring.
  9. 15. a genetic tool to snip and change DNA
  10. 17. Molecules that chain together to make proteins