Genetics Overview

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Across
  1. 5. Dominant: carries two copies of the same dominant allele (HH)
  2. 6. trait characteristics that are passed down from your parents
  3. 7. Recessive: carries two copies of the same recessive allele (hh)
  4. 8. the genetic makeup of an organism
  5. 10. carry instructions that determine a person’s traits
  6. 11. Allele: two alleles are different/opposites
Down
  1. 1. one member of a pair of genes occupying a specific spot on a chromosome that controls the same trait
  2. 2. Square: diagrams that are used by scientists to find out if an offspring would have a particular trait (probability)
  3. 3. appearance of an organism or the trait you can see
  4. 4. Allele: both alleles are identical
  5. 9. is considered the “father of genetics?”: Gregory Mendel
  6. 11. Dominant: carries one dominant allele and one recessive allele (Hh)