Across
- 4. production of offspring by two parents through the production and fertilization of gametes; produces genetically variable offspring
- 6. single-celled prokaryotic organism that is a member of the Bacteria domain
- 10. reproduction that involves a single parent and results in offspring that are all genetically identical to the parent
- 12. basic unit of structure and function of living things
- 13. a group of organisms that can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring
- 15. transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another
Down
- 1. method of asexual reproduction that occurs in prokaryotic cells in which a parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells
- 2. coiled structure made of DNA and protein that is present during cell division and visible with a light microscope
- 3. the starting cell that divides and forms two daughter cells
- 5. a new cell that results from cell division; divides from parent cell
- 7. an individual living thing
- 8. all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area
- 9. double-stranded nucleic acid that stores genetic information; also known as deoxyribonucleic acid
- 11. an exact genetic copy
- 14. tiny particle that contains DNA or RNA surrounded by a coat of proteins that can evolve and use living cells to reproduce, but is not considered a living organism by many scientists