Genetics

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. An animal that produces gametes that can fertilize female gametes (4)
  2. 3. A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain (4)
  3. 6. The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (8)
  4. 9. The process of generating offspring (12)
  5. 13. The fifth note of the diatonic scale (8)
  6. 14. Anything that contributes causally to a result (plural) (7)
  7. 15. The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next (8)

Down

  1. 1. A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like (3)
  2. 2. Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual (6)
  3. 4. Of or relating to a ___ or society of usually men (9)
  4. 5. Being the exact same one (9)
  5. 7. To reproduce or make an exact copy of (9)
  6. 8. The natural world around us (11)
  7. 10. The diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (6)
  8. 11. Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes (7)
  9. 12. A distinguishing feature of your personal nature (plural) (6)