World of Genetics

Science Easy 16 words 0 plays

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IADENINEVDHEC
OMPGNBTSDONYH
KNIEEEZIAURER
AOYTMNOTEBAZO
RWBAOLONSLTDM
YGGAPSIMDEGNA
OEUISSIIEHEMT
TIDAOEOSUEKEI
YDOTNLPHFLCND
PMYXPIHAJIVDA
ECQAATNLIXHEG
ITHYMINERRELH
ZYGOTEMEIOSIS
  • ADENINE
  • BASE PAIR
  • CHROMATID
  • CYTOSINE
  • DIPLOID
  • DOUBLE HELIX
  • GAMETE
  • GENOME
  • GUANINE
  • HAPLOID
  • KARYOTYPE
  • MEIOSIS
  • MENDEL
  • MITOSIS
  • THYMINE
  • ZYGOTE

Gregor Mendel's pea plants opened a field that now reads a whole genome one base pair at a time. This puzzle gathers the vocabulary a biology class meets between mitosis and meiosis: haploid gametes and diploid zygotes, the four bases adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine, and the karyotype that maps out a chromatid set.

World of Genetics Word Search Answer Key

Checking a finished sheet, or stuck on the last word? The World of Genetics Word Search Answer Key marks all 16 hidden words in the grid and lists the row, column and direction each one starts from. It prints on its own sheet, so you can hand out the puzzle and keep the answers.

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