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4. Very difficult place to live.
5. Harry Potter is a ______.
9. A blue-green bacterium.
11. To grow a new copy from a seed or spore.
12. The unique pattern on our fingertips.
14. A place of research.
15. Gene that stays much the same despite evolution is
called ________.
16. The scientific term for color.
17. A unique fishing hook scientists use to find genes
of interest.
18. A desert in the Southwest.
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1. A type of meat that like microcoleus can stay
around a long time.
2. Something that helps prove something is true.
3. A thread-like cyanobacteria that survives in
the desert by dehydrating.
6. A harsh landscape typically with little
rainfall.
7. A way to make thousands of copies of a
single piece of DNA.
8. Something small you cannot see them with
your eyes.
10. A pigment some cyanobacteria make to
protect them from the sun.
12. Scientific analysis of a crime scene.
13. A very small organism.
14. A building that houses a lot of books.
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4. INHOSPITABLE
5. WIZARD
9. CYANOBACTERIA
11. GERMINATE
12. FINGERPRINTS
14. LABORATORY
15. CONSERVED
16. PIGMENT
17. PRIMER
18. SONORAN
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1. SALAMI
2. EVIDENCE
3. MICROCOLEUS
6. DESERT
7. PCR
8. MICROSCOPIC
10. SUNSCREEN
12. FORENSIC
13. MICROBES
14. LIBRARY
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