Genetics and Heredity
Across
- 5. different forms of a gene that each parent passes on
- 7. another word for homozygous
- 9. genetic makeup of an organism represented by letters such as BB, Bb, bb
- 10. a parent's child or children
- 11. passing of traits from parents to offspring
- 13. reproduction involving two parents that produces diverse offspring
Down
- 1. another word for heterozygous
- 2. reproduction involving one parent that produces identical offspring
- 3. physical description of traits such as blue eyes, brown hair, freckles
- 4. a threadlike, gene-carrying structure found in the nucleus
- 6. a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
- 8. trait expressed only when both parents pass it along
- 12. trait that is expressed