Unit 5 DNA and RNA

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Across
  1. 4. where proteins are made in a cell
  2. 5. distinguishing characteristics like eye color
  3. 7. deoxyribonucleic acid
  4. 8. a piece of DNA that contains instruction to make a specific protein
  5. 11. the process by which DNA is copied
  6. 12. the process of decoding mRNA to make a protein
  7. 13. study of biological variance and inheritance among organisms
Down
  1. 1. the three-nucleotide mRNA sequences that codes for an amino acid
  2. 2. the process of copying DNA to RNA
  3. 3. an enzyme that binds to DNA and unzips it
  4. 6. the study of how environmental factors affect gene expression
  5. 9. the monomer of DNA such as: thymine, cytosine, adenine, or guanine
  6. 10. changes in the sequence of nucleotides in an organism's DNA, (think X-Men)