Genetics Vocab Game

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Across
  1. 3. A chart to show the traits that could possibly be passed down to offspring
  2. 4. Qualities that can be easily seen
  3. 8. Situation where two dominant alleles are equally strong, and both are expressed (Ex: Blood type)
  4. 10. Parts of a chromosome that control certain traits
  5. 11. two different alleles for certain traits (Ex: Gg)
  6. 14. the allele which is hidden behind the dominant allele
Down
  1. 1. the same two alleles for a certain trait (Ex: GG, gg)
  2. 2. genetic makeup of a person (Ex: GG, Gg, gg)
  3. 5. Each allele in a heterozygous individual influences the phenotype resulting in a blend of the phenotypes of the parents (Ex: red flower + white flower = pink flower)
  4. 6. physical appearance of a person (Ex: blue eyes, blonde hair)
  5. 7. Short for Deoxyribonucleic Acid, a molecule that contains your genetic makeup
  6. 9. Study of how traits get passed down to the offspring of sexual reproduction
  7. 12. different types of a gene
  8. 13. the allele which always overpowers its recessive counterpart