Genetics Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. heterozygous phenotype lies somewhere between the two homozygous phenotypes.
  2. 8. physical traits.
  3. 9. genetic makeup.
  4. 15. sperm cells fertilize egg cells from within the same flower, producing identical offspring.
  5. 17. phenotypes produced by both alleles are clearly expressed.
  6. 18. organisms that have two different alleles for the same gene.
  7. 19. convenient to study and may tell us how other organisms, including humans, actually function.
  8. 21. each gamete carries only one allele for each gene.
  9. 22. gene variations produced different expressions, or forms, of each trait.
Down
  1. 1. controlled by two or more genes.
  2. 2. a gene has more than two possible alleles.
  3. 3. organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular gene
  4. 4. two genes do not influence each other’s inheritance.
  5. 6. likelihood that a particular event will occur.
  6. 7. process where male and female reproductive cells join to produce a new cell.
  7. 10. scientific study of heredity.
  8. 11. produces a plant that has two different parents.
  9. 12. delivery of characteristics from parent to offspring.
  10. 13. shows the result of a cross.
  11. 14. factors that are passed from parent to offspring.
  12. 16. something we each receive from our parents.
  13. 18. offspring of crosses between parents with different traits.
  14. 20. several generations of identical plants.