Genetics Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 5. a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor
- 6. a section of DNA with information to make one particular protein
- 9. a group of organisms produced from a crossing
- 10. "Gregor ___"; Austrian monk who performed the first genetic experiments in the late 1850s
- 11. a genotype with two different alleles
- 12. how a trait is expressed, or appears, in an organism
- 13. a genetic factor that is blocked by another genetic factor
Down
- 1. combination of two alleles (one from each parent) that an organism has for a particular trait
- 2. the purposeful mating of two individuals resulting in the combination of genetic material in the offspring
- 3. "___ square"; special tool derived from the laws of probability that is used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring from a cross
- 4. a chart that shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations
- 7. a genotype with two identical alleles
- 8. a different form of a gene
- 11. the passing of traits from parents to offspring