Across
- 2. a property (something it can do)
- 3. inherited the same alleles from parents
- 5. synthesis a cell makes protein
- 6. the process by which a cell makes an RNA copy of a piece of DNA
- 8. double helix
- 9. one of the four nucleotide bases in DNA
- 10. first step in mitosis
- 12. cell divides into two daughter cells
- 13. a change in the DNA sequence
- 14. helps stabilize nucleic acids structures
- 15. a stage in mitosis where chromosomes move from the center to the opposite ends
- 17. the first growth period of the cell cycle during interphase
- 18. different alleles for a trait
- 21. the second growth period of the cell cycle
- 22. bases molecule that contains nitrogen
- 24. copies its DNA for mitosis
- 25. basic building block of DNA or RNA
Down
- 1. an allele that underrules the other allele
- 4. offspring of individuals that differ with respect to two pairs of genes
- 5. phosphoric acid that contains phosphorus
- 6. cell makes proteins using genetic info
- 7. the physical process of cell division, which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell into two daughter cells
- 11. an allele that overrules the other allele
- 13. second stage of cell division
- 16. helix the structure of DNA
- 17. chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA or rna
- 19. used especially by organisms as a source of metabolic energy (ATP
- 20. final stage in mitosis
- 23. A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA