Chapter 8 Vocab Terms

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Across
  1. 2. The physical appearance, or visible traits of an organism.
  2. 4. A chart that shows all the possible ways alleles can combine in a genetic cross.
  3. 5. An organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same form of a trait.
  4. 11. One whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.
  5. 12. The scientific study of heredity.
  6. 13. The genetic makeup, or alleles of an organism.
  7. 15. A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur.
Down
  1. 1. When an organism has two different alleles for a trait.
  2. 3. An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.
  3. 6. Each specific characteristic, such as stem height or seed color.
  4. 7. The passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring.
  5. 8. One whose trait is always hidden whenever the dominant allele is present.
  6. 9. Factors that control a trait.
  7. 10. Different forms of a gene
  8. 14. An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait.