Printable Genetics & DNA Crosswords

Explore the building blocks of life with our Genetics & DNA crossword puzzles on Grid Genius, featuring clues on heredity and genes.

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Genetics & DNA

Hard · 15×15 · 20 words
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  1. 2. The fraying plastic tip on the shoelace of life
  2. 6. The result of crossing lines to find a middle ground
  3. 7. A clerical error that drives the engine of change
  4. 10. A triplet of letters that dictates an arrival
  5. 11. A biological echo of an existing original
  6. 13. Above the script, determining which lines are actually spoken
  7. 16. Vigor found only when the parents are opposites
  8. 17. A major base that pairs with a cross-shaped letter
  9. 18. A short necessary start for a long replication story
  10. 19. The expressed survivor of the splicing room floor
  11. 20. The alpha character that masks its partner presence

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  1. 1. A photographic lineup of the cellular suspects
  2. 3. A chemical gag that keeps certain expressions quiet
  3. 4. The complete library where every shelf is a chromosome
  4. 5. The singular union of a zero and a one
  5. 8. The process of copying the master file into a portable format
  6. 9. The monomeric currency spent to build a double helix
  7. 12. The enzymatic zipper that pulls apart the spiral
  8. 14. Molecular scissors that sound like they belong in a salad drawer
  9. 15. One of several versions found at the same neighborhood locus

Genetics & DNA

Medium · 11×11 · 12 words
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  1. 1. Modern tool used for precise genomic editing
  2. 7. The version of a gene that masks its partner
  3. 9. Coding sequence that remains after splicing
  4. 10. The final product of the central dogma
  5. 11. The monk who studied pea plants to unlock heredity

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  1. 1. Three-letter sequence that specifies an amino acid
  2. 2. Small circular DNA strand often found in bacteria
  3. 3. Observables like eye color or height
  4. 4. Cellular machinery that builds proteins from code
  5. 5. Non-coding segment discarded during RNA processing
  6. 6. Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
  7. 8. The geometric spiral that defines our structure

Genetics & DNA

Easy · 7×7 · 8 words
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  1. 3. The A in the acronym DNA
  2. 6. The basic unit of life where DNA is found
  3. 7. A single unit of heredity

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  1. 1. A diagram showing the location of genes
  2. 2. The physical height or scale of an organism
  3. 4. A common eye color determined by genetics
  4. 5. A chemical building block like adenine
  5. 6. The set of instructions in a genome
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