Genetic and Heredity Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. a characteristic of an organism
  2. 5. a molecule found in the cell nucless that encodes genetic information
  3. 8. allele an allele that is not expressed when the dominant allele is present lowercase such as t
  4. 9. the genetic makeup of an organism
  5. 10. the scientific study of heredity
  6. 11. the physical appearance of an organism
  7. 13. the passage of genetic material from parents to offspring
  8. 14. allele an allele that is always expressed when it is present
  9. 15. one of two or more forms that a gene could take
  10. 18. the likelihood that a specific event will occur
  11. 20. a pattern of inheritance in which the phenotypes of both alleles inherited for a trait are clearly expressed
  12. 21. Dominance a condition in which neither of the two genes in a gene pair masks the other
  13. 22. the offspring of genetically different parents.
Down
  1. 1. rod-shaped structures found in the nucieus of every cell in an organism
  2. 2. square a diagram that shows the possible offspring of two parents
  3. 4. the passage of genetic material from parents to offspring
  4. 6. Mendel Father of Genetics
  5. 7. a segment of DNA that determines or helps to determine a trait
  6. 12. having two alleles that are different
  7. 16. having two alleles that are the same
  8. 17. a single time an experiment is conducted
  9. 19. a scientist who studies heredity