Biology Unit 5 Vocab Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: rna : a nucleic acid similar to dna using ribose for the sugar and the nitrogen base uracil in place of thymine, chromosome : a "threadlike" structure in the nucleus, composed of dna, and contains the heredity information for the organism, gene : a portion of dna which codes a specific hereditary trait, gamete : a reproductive cell produced by the male or female parent, which contains the haploid number of chromosomes, probability : the chance that a given event will occur usually expressed between the number 0 (will not occur) and 1 (the event will occur), dna : a giant molecule consisting of the sugar deoxyribose, phosphates and nitrogen bases; contain the coded genetic information, hybrid : an offspring from a cross between parents which has different phenotypes for a specific trait, recessive : a gene or trait which is masked when a dominant allele is present, homozygous : refers to a pair of genes in an organism which are identical in the way they influence a trait, genotype : the genes present in an organism, deoxyribose : a five-carbon sugar, allele : alternative forms for a specific gene, deviation : variation from the predicted values, mitosis : the part of the life cycle of a cell where the cell divides into two exact copies of the original cell, pure0bred : a phenotype (trait) resulting from homozygous genes from the offspring of true breeding, phenotype : the outward appearance of the organism which is the product of gene action, trait : a genetic characteristic of the individual, dominant : in a pair of genes, one may prevent the allele from being expressed, meiosis : a type of cell division used to produce gametes and there is a reduction in the chromosome number from the diploid to the haploid number.