Genetics Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. the passing of traits from parents to offspring
  2. 7. a parent divides in half or grows directly out of the parent
  3. 9. when both traits display together dominant and recessive
  4. 11. two different alleles
  5. 13. a stronger trait that covers up weak traits
  6. 15. union of the sperm and egg
  7. 16. a weaker trait that gets covered by stronger traits
  8. 18. instructions for an inherited trait
  9. 19. combination of inherited alleles
Down
  1. 1. a new organism that is reproduced
  2. 2. when a sperm cell unites with an egg cell
  3. 4. when you get a third trait, not full dominance
  4. 5. threadlike structure that is made of DNA
  5. 6. both alleles are the same
  6. 8. the study of heredity
  7. 10. physical appearance
  8. 12. process by which the nucleus divides into 2
  9. 13. the molecule that carries genetic information
  10. 14. discovered heredity also known as father of genetics
  11. 17. information that is passed from parent to offspring