DNA / Mutations Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: dna: double helix molecule containing genetic information that makes up a chromosome, pyrimidines: cytosine and thymine, neutral mutation: the changes in the dna that are neither detrimental nor beneficial for the survival and reproduction of the living organism, harmful mutation: mutations that decrease an organism's fitness, nucleotide: building blocks of dna, made of sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogen base and a phosphate group, mutation: a change in a genetic sequence that affects genetic information, natural mutation: mutations that occur without any outside interference, deletion: a mutation in which a one or more nucleotides are removed, beneficial mutation: a type of mutation that has a positive effect on an organism, insertion: mutation involving the addition of one or more nucleotide pairs to a dna strand, purines: adenine and guanine, substitution: a mutation in which a nucleotide is replaced with a different nucleotide, three prime: the end of the dna chain with the deoxyribose (sugar) exposed, five prime: the end of the dna chain with the phosphate group exposed, base pairs: nitrogen bases that connect to form dna, hydrogen bond: a weak attraction betweenhydrogen and another atom