Genetics and Heredity Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. The basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child.
  2. 6. A term that describes having two different versions of the same gene.
  3. 9. Austrian Augustinian monk and scientist
  4. 11. the genetic makeup of an organism.
  5. 12. does not produce a trait at all when only one copy is present.
  6. 13. the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
  7. 14. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
Down
  1. 1. only one copy of the dominant allele is required to express the trait.
  2. 2. the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
  3. 3. refers to having inherited the same versions (alleles) of a genomic marker from each biological parent.
  4. 5. an animal bred from parents of the same breed or variety.
  5. 7. the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule.
  6. 8. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
  7. 10. the study of how genes and traits are passed down from one generation to the next.the study of how genes and how traits are passed down from one generation to the next.