Across
- 3. Cell structures that carry genetic material that is copied and passed on in cells.
- 5. A segment of DNA that controls protein production and the cell cycle.
- 8. Specialized reproductive cell that has half the genetic information necessary.
- 9. A cell with a single set of chromosomes that are not paired (23 in humans)
- 10. A cell with two sets of chromosomes in pairs, one set from each parent (23 pairs, 46 total chromosomes in human cells).
Down
- 1. A monk who studied pea plants, known as the “father of genetics.”
- 2. Study of genes and heredity, explanation of why you have inherited certain traits from your parents.
- 4. The passing of physical traits from one generation to the next (parent to offspring).
- 6. Deoxyribonucleic acid. The genetic information inside the body’s cells that make people who they are.
- 7. The process that makes gametes. Similar to mitosis, but produces 4 daughter cells (gametes) with only half the number of chromosomes.