Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur
  2. 6. The scientific study of heredity.
  3. 7. A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
  4. 8. An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
  5. 10. A pair of chromosomes carrying genes that determine whether a person is a male (XY) or female (XX).
Down
  1. 1. a change in a gene or chromosome
  2. 2. The different forms of a gene that can be dominant and recessive.
  3. 3. A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through genes
  4. 5. A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
  5. 9. An allele that is masked (hidden) when a dominant allele is present