Genetics Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents.
  2. 4. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
  3. 7. A term that describes having two different versions of the same gene
  4. 9. the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something
  5. 10. the scientific study of genes, inheritance, and variation in living organisms
Down
  1. 1. the single cell formed when a sperm and an egg fuse during fertilization
  2. 2. the production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects.
  3. 5. a change in the DNA sequence of an organism
  4. 6. a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores.
  5. 8. cell any cell in a multicellular organism that is not a germ cell (reproductive cell).