Across
- 5. A change to the nucleotide sequence
- 6. The total sum of DNA of a living organism or virus
- 7. organisms distinctive genetic makeup
- 10. where mRNA is used to produce a protein
- 11. default position is on but it is able to be turned off
- 14. where one bacterium donates DNA to another bacterium
- 15. DNA is transferred from one bacterial cell to another by bacteriophages
- 16. The study of inheritance, or heredity of living things
Down
- 1. default position is off but it is able to be turned on
- 2. A distinct cellular structure composed of DNA and protein
- 3. mRNA that encodes for an amino acid
- 4. always pairs with cytosine(DNA)
- 8. dsDNA is used to synthesize an RNA molecule
- 9. protein production in living organisms
- 12. always pairs with thymine(DNA)
- 13. where DNA polymerase initiates transcription