Genetics and Heredity

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Across
  1. 4. Variants (differences) in a gene
  2. 6. The study of heredity
  3. 7. A change in the DNA
  4. 11. Carries two different alleles (Bb)
  5. 13. The biological process where a parent passes certain genes onto their offspring
  6. 15. Mutation that does not effect the protein produced
  7. 16. A mutation in which a nucleotide in DNA is replaced with a different nucleotide
  8. 17. The trait observed when at least one dominant allele for a characteristic is inherited
Down
  1. 1. A diagram used by geneticists to determine the probability (chance) of an offspring having a particular phenotype
  2. 2. A trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited
  3. 3. The physical appearance of an organism based on its genotype, plus environmental factors
  4. 5. The genetic makeup of an organism
  5. 7. Something that causes a mutation
  6. 8. A mutation involving the addition of one or more nucleotide pairs to a gene.
  7. 9. Carries two copies of the same allele either dominant and recessive (BB or bb)
  8. 10. Father of modern genetics
  9. 12. Segments of DNA on a chromosome that are responsible for inherited traits
  10. 14. A change to a chromosome in which a nucleotide of the chromosome is removed.