Genetics Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. an organism is grown as an outgrowth or bud and then spits from the parent to be a new and free organism
- 5. the process of mating animals or crossing plants to produce offspring
- 9. neither allele is recessive and the phenotypes of both alleles are expressed
- 10. the set of observable characteristics of an individual
- 11. square diagram that is used to calculate and depict all the combinations of the different genotypes
- 12. the genetic phenomenon in which a trait is not observed, or is hidden
- 13. having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes
- 14. the union of a male sperm and a female egg to form a fertilized egg
- 16. a specific sequence of DNA that determines one or more traits
- 17. each new organism produced by sexual or asexual reproduction
- 19. an offspring that is produced by asextual reproduction and is the exact same as the one parent
- 20. a version of a gene
Down
- 2. a trait that is passed from parent(s) to offspring
- 3. the passage of genetic information from one generation to the next
- 4. dominant allele, or form of a gene, does not completely mask the effects of a recessive allele
- 6. The genetic phenomenon in which one copy of a version of a gene (an allele) in an individual gives rise to an observed trait
- 7. an organism is split into fragments and each of these fragments develop into a matured organism
- 8. having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes
- 9. a threadlike structure that carries genetic information
- 15. a specific version of a characteristic that varies from one individual to another
- 18. an individual's pair of alleles for a specific gene or group of genes that determine a trait