Genetics Overview

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