Dna 2

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies (5)
  2. 4. The act of keeping something within specified bounds (11)
  3. 6. A person who is almost identical to another (5)
  4. 7. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity (7)
  5. 9. The stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle (8)
  6. 12. Any of various macromolecules composed of ___ chains that are vital constituents of all (11)
  7. 14. A word that is composed of parts from different languages (6)
  8. 15. An individual living thing. (8)
  9. 16. Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes (7)

Down

  1. 2. Center of an atom or a cell (7)
  2. 3. The first stage of meiosis (8)
  3. 5. The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical (11)
  4. 8. The second stage of meiosis (9)
  5. 10. Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (6)
  6. 11. An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell (8)
  7. 13. Understatement for rhetorical effect (7)