Genetics

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