Human Genetics Crossword- Sutton, Sharff

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Across
  1. 5. Mutations are always harmful to the individual (True / False).
  2. 7. Our genes set the boundaries within which we can operate, and our environment interacts with the genes to determine where in that range we will fall.
  3. 9. Who came up with the idea of the theory of evolution by natural selection?
  4. 10. A genetic condition in which red blood cells, which are normally round, take on a crescent life shape.
  5. 13. An individual's inherited physical characteristics.
  6. 14. Genes influence some behavioral characteristics (True/False).
  7. 15. The field that studies how the same genotype can be expressed differently in individuals resulting in a different phenotype.
Down
  1. 1. What is the concept where our genes influence our environment and in turn our environment influences our genes?
  2. 2. The process of a disease becoming less common overtime based on survival rate.
  3. 3. Sickle-cell anemia is affected by “survival of the fittest”(True/False).
  4. 4. A sudden, permanent change in a gene.
  5. 6. Genes are made up of _________.
  6. 8. A specific version of a gene.
  7. 11. Most traits are controlled by more than one gene. Examples: Height, eye color, and skin color. These traits are _______________.
  8. 12. The Genetic makeup of an individual.