Genetics and Heredity

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