Genetics

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Across
  1. 2. study of heredity
  2. 8. new organism produced by parents
  3. 9. two different alleles; Tt, Hh, Zz etc.
  4. 11. diagram used to predict the probability of how traits could be passed from parent to offspring
  5. 14. the chance of having a particular trait
  6. 16. the hidden trait, shown with a lowercase letter
  7. 17. the genetic makeup of an organism
Down
  1. 1. the trait that shows, shown with an uppercase letter
  2. 3. structure found in the nucleus of a cell that contains DNA
  3. 4. the passing of traits from one generation to another
  4. 5. two of the same alleles; TT or tt, HH or hh, ZZ or zz etc.
  5. 6. half of a gene pair
  6. 7. researched traits using pea plants; father of genetics
  7. 10. double helix structure, carries genetic instructions for all living organisms
  8. 12. physical characteristics
  9. 13. homozygous recessive genotype
  10. 14. physical expression of the genes
  11. 15. A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait the basic building blocks of heredity