This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Genetics & DNA has 16 clues. Answers range from 3 to 13 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Mutation in the absence of a known mutagen?
Mutation caused by a known mutagen?
Mutation that is inherited and occurs in the sperm/eggs?
Mutation that occurs in a bodily cell and is not passed down to the offspring?
Molecular change in DNA by addition of a nucleotide into the DNA sequence?
Molecular change in DNA by removal of a nucleotide from the DNA sequence?
Molecular change to the DNA where a purine (A,G) changes to a pyrimidine (T,C), or vice versa?
Molecular change in DNA where a purine changes to a different purine OR a pyrimidine changes to a different pyrimidine (A->G;T->C)
Mutation that results in no change or effect to the phenotype?
A point mutation where in which a single nucleotide change results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid?
A mutation in which a normal codon changes to a termination/stop codon?
A mutation where a deletion/insertion of a nucleotide results in a change of the reading frame of the codon? (most likely to cause phenotypic changes)
The normal variation in the number of copies (normally two) of a gene, or of sequences of DNA, in the genome of a specific individual?
DNA when a pattern of one or more nucleotides is repeated and the repetitions are directly adjacent to one another?
DNA segments that code for proteins that cut, move, and place the segment of DNA around the genome at random?
A 'silent' or X-chromosome completely made of tightly coiled heterochromatin?