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