Basic Ag Science

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Across
  1. 3. condition where one allele completely masks or hides the other allele—one is completely dominant over the other
  2. 4. plant-eating mite that resembles a tiny spider
  3. 6. the practice of intentionally breeding animals (or other organisms) with one or more desirable traits to produce offspring with similar desirable or improved traits
  4. 11. inheritance of a trait that has been determined by multiple, similar and additive, independently paired genes
  5. 13. a small, pear-shaped, soft-bodied, usually wingless insect with mouthparts that pierce plant tissues and suck out the juices
  6. 15. mating of genetically similar (related) individuals
  7. 16. animal whose parental lineage (on both sides) is from members of a recognized breed
  8. 18. A male donkey
  9. 21. A mature male horse
  10. 23. A male horse kept for breeding
  11. 24. place where a bee colony dwells
  12. 26. condition in which neither allele of a heterozygous pair is completely expressed when the other is present
  13. 28. Producers with several hundred animals that earn their income from selling meat and breeding stock
  14. 31. Large animals that can weigh 2,000 pounds at maturity and stand over 6 feet tall at their hump
  15. 32. The group name for large birds that cannot fly
  16. 33. Located on the outer legs of a honeybee and hold the pollen in place
  17. 35. Hexagonal beeswax cells built by honeybees to raise brood and store honey
  18. 37. a small insect, with a flat, oval, brown body, that spends most of its life attached to a plant by its mouthparts
  19. 42. eggs and larvae of the hive
  20. 45. survival process in which better-adapted individuals are more likely to make it to a reproductive age than less-fit individuals
  21. 46. small, white insect, generally found on the underside of a leaf, which pierces the leaf tissues and suck juices
  22. 47. the variety of genes within a species
  23. 48. A cross using the genetics of the bison and domesticated beef
  24. 50. place on the chromosome where a gene for a particular trait is found
  25. 51. Made up of material called chitin and aids in the protection of internal organs and prevents dehydration
  26. 53. an oval-shaped, whitish insect that produces small cottony masses, pierces plant tissues and sucks the plant
  27. 54. procedure that scientists use to determine the genotype of an unknown individual
  28. 55. cell that contains two copies of each chromosome in the nucleus
  29. 56. undeveloped female bee that leaves the hive to collect pollen, water, and
Down
  1. 1. Those that raise bison as a hobby or as an attraction
  2. 2. ability of any organism to adjust or change its physiology or structure to become more suited to their environment
  3. 5. Male bees
  4. 7. A community of thousands of worker bees, usually containing one queen with or without drones
  5. 8. collection of all the genes within a freely interbreeding population
  6. 9. A unique measurement for horses, equal to 4 inches (10.2 cm)
  7. 10. The type of horse used for fun activities that stands under 14.2 hands tall and weighs between 500 and 900 pounds
  8. 12. mating of unrelated individuals
  9. 14. any of various small insects that, in the larval stages, burrow in and feed on the interior of a leaf
  10. 17. A part of the harness placed on the horse’s head for controlling and guiding it
  11. 19. passing of traits or characteristics from one generation to another
  12. 20. variation of the same trait occupying the same location on homologous chromosomes—an alternative form of a gene
  13. 22. condition where both alleles for a gene are expressed in a heterozygous individual
  14. 25. presence of a particular allele of one gene pair that determines whether certain alleles of another gene are expressed
  15. 27. parasitic organism that causes disease
  16. 29. method of raising bison in which people invest their money in the animals but have someone else raise them
  17. 30. long-legged, winged, gray-black insect less than 1/8" long, whose larva feeds on root hairs and chews tunnels into a plant’s stem
  18. 34. The type of work horse that stands 14.2 to 17.2 hands tall and weighs more than 1,400 pounds
  19. 36. cumulative, genetic change in a population of organisms from generation to generation
  20. 38. A long, hairy tongue used to feed on water, nectar, and honey and to work wax into the comb
  21. 39. group of animals that, as a result of breeding and selection, have certain distinguishable characteristics
  22. 40. An offspring of a male horse and a female donkey
  23. 41. small, dark brown insect, which has two pairs of fringed wings and rasping mouthparts that scrape plant tissue
  24. 43. Equipment for horses
  25. 44. The type of horse used for riding or racing that stands 14.2 to 17 hands tall and weighs between 900 and 1,400 pounds
  26. 49. Produced by the bees within the hive and can be used for various wax products, such as candles and seals
  27. 52. the larvae of various butterfly and moth species