Genetics Cross Word Puzzle
Across
- 3. / The genetic heritage passed down by our biological
- 5. / The study of genes
- 6. / The passing of genetic information from parent to child through the genes in sperm and egg cells
- 9. / The actual code that alleles or genes possess.
- 11. / An offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera
- 16. / A Trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait
- 17. / Is an alternate form of a gene for one trait
- 19. / The observable characteristics of an individual organism
- 20. / Any change in the DNA sequence of a cell
Down
- 1. / Small circular pieces of DNA that replicate independently from the host's chromosomal DNA
- 2. / A quality or characteristic
- 4. / Consisting of 2 different alleles
- 7. / Consisting of 2 identical alleles
- 8. / The molecule inside cells that contains genetic information
- 10. / The likelihood that a specific event will occur
- 12. / An observed trait of an organism that masks the recessive allele of a trait
- 13. / Technology based on biology
- 14. / A mother or a father
- 15. / The smallest chemical parts that form segments of chromosomes
- 18. / A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes