Genetics Vocab - Volume 1

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Across
  1. 2. Number of types of nucleotide bases
  2. 3. Blank DNA
  3. 7. Gregor ____, the "Father" of genetics
  4. 8. The study of heredity
  5. 11. A specific version of a gene
  6. 14. Steps in making a protein; transcription and ____
  7. 16. Humans have 23 pairs
  8. 19. Deoxyribonucleic acid
  9. 20. Organelle in the cell that makes proteins
  10. 21. Changes in the DNA code
  11. 22. Where we get our genes
Down
  1. 1. Cells get these from DNA, Directions
  2. 4. Part of the cell where chromosomes are found
  3. 5. Males = XY, ____ = XX
  4. 6. Three "letters" of DNA
  5. 9. When certain traits are passed from parents to children
  6. 10. Unit of heredity that determines the traits we inherit
  7. 12. If a gene is not dominant, it is ____
  8. 13. Made from long chains of amino acids
  9. 15. Amino ___ make up proteins
  10. 17. Use a Punnett ____ to write out a pattern of inheritance
  11. 18. DNA shape, ____ helix