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