Genetics Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. an organism that always passes down certain traits to its offspring of many generations
  2. 5. the traits you inherit from your parents
  3. 8. this occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the flower of the same plant
  4. 10. to receive something from someone who came before you
  5. 11. this occurs when pollen from one plant reaches the pistils of a flower from a different plant
  6. 12. the passing of traits from parents to offspring
Down
  1. 1. is the branch of biology that deals with characteristics that are inherited from one generation to the next
  2. 2. the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds
  3. 4. a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor
  4. 6. a specific characteristic
  5. 7. a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor
  6. 9. the young born of living organisms. They are the children