Across
- 2. discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a universally accepted name
- 4. the "father of genetics"
- 7. change in a kind of organism over time
- 10. _______ and Crick are given credit for discovering the overall structure of a DNA molecule
- 12. site of protein synthesis within the cell
- 14. decoding of a mRNA message to ultimately make a protein
- 16. scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
- 17. person who came up with the theory of evolution by means of natural selection
- 18. situation in which both alleles of a gene contribute to the phenotype of the organisms
- 20. part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
- 21. change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
Down
- 1. group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
- 3. process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen
- 5. person who came up with the process of assigning all organisms a universal scientific name
- 6. the study of life
- 8. term used to an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular trait
- 9. set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out life processes
- 11. one product of photosynthesis
- 13. basic unit of all life forms
- 15. ultimate source of chemical energy
- 17. deoxyribonucleic acid
- 19. sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait