Mutations Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• neutral : a mutation that is neither beneficial or harmful
• nonsense : substitution that changes the amino acid to a stop
• anticodon : sequence of three bases in a trna molecule
• insertion : mutation where extra base is added
• uracil : in trna, adenine pairs with this
• missense : substitution that changes the amino acid
• deletion : a mutation where a base is lost
• thymine : in dna, adenine pairs with this
• allele : variation of a specific gene
• hydrogen bonds : what connects the bases (2 words)
• codon : a sequence of 3 bases that codes for an amino acide
• amino acid : considered to be the building blocks of polypeptides and proteins
• cytoplasm : translation occurs in the _ , specifically on the ribosomes
• ribosome : what the trna latch onto after transcription
• mutation : change in a gene or chromosome
• frame shift : mutation where the reading "frame" changes, changing the amino acid sequence
• point : mutation where one use is substituted for another
• genetic code : mutations can change the _ and be replicated when forming new cells (2 words)
• silent : a substitution that does not change the amino acid
• double helix : structure of dna