Genetics Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. The genetic constitution of an individual organism
- 4. The reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring
- 8. A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells carrying genetic information in the forms of genes
- 9. A distinguishing quality of characteristic, typically belonging to a person
- 11. One or two more alternative form of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
- 12. The action or process of regenerating or being regenerating, in particular the formation of new animal of plant tissue
- 13. fission type of asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies
- 15. the production of offspring from two parents-one male and one female
- 17. Having two identical alleles of a particular gene of genes
- 19. Two chromosomes in a pair normally one inherited from the mother and one from the father
- 20. The basic unit of heredity passed to child
Down
- 1. Relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents
- 3. A square diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross of bleeding experiment
- 5. Most important, powerful, or influential trait or gene
- 6. Having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes
- 7. The division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material
- 10. a type of reproduction in which a new offspring is produced by a single parent
- 14. having or developing buds
- 16. The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment
- 18. The scientific study of genes and heredity