Essential Vocabulary Genetics

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Across
  1. 3. the physical expression of the trait expressed ex. red hair
  2. 6. different forms of the same gene
  3. 9. the genetic makeup or combination of alleles (such as Bb)
  4. 11. having two identical alleles for a trait.
Down
  1. 1. these determine what traits you have (what color your hair or eyes are)
  2. 2. the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms.
  3. 4. specific characteristic
  4. 5. having two different alleles for a given trait
  5. 7. the passing of characteristics from parents to children
  6. 8. allele that is only expressed in homozygous form
  7. 10. the allele that is expressed