Genes to Wings Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. how a trait appears or is expressed
  2. 7. All living things are made out of _________
  3. 10. a distinguishing characteristic of an organism
  4. 13. DNA-containing structure in the nucleus (looks like an ‘X’)
  5. 14. a section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait
  6. 15. the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring
Down
  1. 1. the two alleles that control the phenotype of a trait
  2. 2. a membrane-bound part of a cell that has a specific job
  3. 3. the passing of traits from generation to generation
  4. 4. A different form of a gene
  5. 5. when an individual inherits two different alleles of the same gene
  6. 8. the brain of the cell, holds Chromosomes
  7. 9. a trait that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor
  8. 11. when an individual inherits two of the same alleles for a gene
  9. 12. a trait that blocks another trait