Across
- 4. X-shaped structures in the nucleus; contain DNA
- 6. always pairs with guanine
- 7. adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
- 9. a section of DNA in a chromosome; codes for a trait
- 10. the monk who studied inheritance, nicknamed "The Father of Genetics"
- 11. the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid
- 12. the range of expression of a trait in a population
Down
- 1. an organism's genetic information
- 2. DNA contains coded instructions to build these important biomolecules
- 3. the twisted "ladder" shape of the DNA molecule
- 5. passing of traits from parents to offspring
- 8. always pairs with thymine