Chromosomes Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- homologous chromosomes : chromosomes that carry the same genes at the same loci, but may have different alleles for those genes
- karyotype : an image showing all the chromosomes in a diploid cell
- genome : all the genes in one diploid cell of an organism
- aneuploidy : when a cell has too few or too many chromosomes
- centromere : connects 2 sister chromatids
- chromatid : individual copy of a chromosome
- allele : form or version of a gene
- sister chromatids : identical genetic copies of the same chromosome
- histone : proteins used to stabilize chromatin in the nucleus
- chromosome : molecule of dna
- autosome : a non-sex chromosome
- haploid : single unpaired chromosomes
- diploid : paired chromosomes
- gene : section of dna coding for a specific protein
