Scientific Slug Crossword Extravaganza

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Across
  1. 1. mutations in this gene cause Batten's disease
  2. 3. has been called the true owner of CRISPR
  3. 7. record that can tell you a planetary body's makeup
  4. 9. the study of heritability
  5. 11. where plants absorb metal toxins
  6. 12. the cause of cat allergies
  7. 14. what differentiates a tarantula from a true spider
  8. 15. ____ effect, much debated legal justice phenomenon
  9. 16. cats bred for the purpose of maintaining/altering aesthetic traits
Down
  1. 2. former honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska
  2. 4. ¼ of marine life calls this home
  3. 5. our body's "cellular trash cans"
  4. 6. edmond ____, so-called "father of modern forensic science"
  5. 8. “the lungs of the ocean”
  6. 10. describing mammalian cells
  7. 13. ____ impacts that can generate a tsunami