Across
1. The selectively permeable membrane
enclosing a cell.
5. A term for the kind of cell that
has a true nucleus and that
divides by mitosis.
8. A constriction in a chromosome
where two or more chromatids come
together.
9. A gene on the Y chromosome which,
if present and functioning, causes
the undifferentiated sex organs of
an animal embryo to become testes.
11. The X and Y chromosomes which are
responsible for determining
whether an individual is a male or
a female.
12. A term for the kind of cell that
lacks a true nucleus and divides
by simple fission rather than
mitosis.
14. A sex chromosome that is found in
both males and females.
15. A standardized arrangement of
pictures of an individual’s
chromosomes.
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Down
2. The selectively permeable membrane
enclosing the nucleus of a cell.
3. Chromosomes that are paired during
meiosis. They are alike in size,
and they also have the same genes,
but not necessarily the same
alleles, at the same locus or
location.
4. A kind of thread-like, gene-
carrying body in the cell nucleus.
6. All chromosomes other than sex
chromosomes.
7. The term for all of the material
within a cell between the nuclear
and cell membranes. This material
consists of water-rich viscous gel
that contains numerous structures
involved with cell function.
8. One of two or more strands or arms
of a chromosome.
10. A chromosome that is normally
found only in males.
13. The smallest organic unit capable
of carrying out all of the
functions normally attributed to
life. It is a complex unit of
protoplasm, usually with a
nucleus, cytoplasm, and an
enclosing membrane. |