Genetic terminology

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R L C H R O M O S O M E S V E X G P
Q X X A D E G V N G C S K H P I D S
C E N T R O M E R E U N S O Y N P K
R A B E C H G B R O H D O M T A G P
R Q M R V S S I G Q S O N O O E I O
L L T N R P H Y T D T X M Z N V V E
Y F L V Q N Z D I N O X O Y E I L T
S B A Y O O I T A I P O H G G S F K
J O P Q R O A N M W H U C O P S J S
N H X E L M I W B G E F R U Y E T A
W I T P O M A Y M T N O M S Y C M W
B E A R O P F G W D O T V P D E T Y
H H H D J T P N J H T N I L A R A X
B C M J H T Y N Y X Y C M X I H L O
K J U F O Q S A O R P O Q X F L Q J
B O N E S A Q H N J E Y P B J U A G
O X H N N J J Y I A T Q F C Y E M C
P N A C O Q D T R V V L N T N S C D

Clues

  • A cell with half the number of chromosomes (7)
  • An allele that determines the characteristics in the organism (8)
  • An allele that doesn't usually affect the phenotype of an organism (9)
  • An organism with two different alleles for a particular gene (12)
  • The area at the centre of a chromosome where the arms meet (10)
  • The description of the genes you have (8)
  • The description of your physical attributes (9)
  • The name for an organism with two alleles the same for a particular gene (10)
  • The separate arms of chromosomes (10)
  • X shaped, made of long coils of DNA (11)

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