Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Having two of the same alleles of a particular gene
  2. 3. Different versions of the same gene
  3. 4. A change in a gene, one that may produce a new trait that can be inherited
  4. 5. The product of the reproductive process
  5. 8. An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
  6. 10. The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to the next
  7. 11. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
  8. 12. One of the four different chemical units that make up DNA
  9. 14. An organism bred from parents of the same breed
  10. 15. Threadlike structures found in the nucleus of most living cells that contains DNA
  11. 16. The genetic makeup of an organism
  12. 19. An allele whose trait always shows up
  13. 21. An allele whose trait only shows up if there is no dominant alleles present.
Down
  1. 2. The scientific study of heredity
  2. 6. The physical makeup of an organism
  3. 7. A unit of heredity which is transferred from parent to offspring and determines some characteristics
  4. 9. Reproduction with only one parent
  5. 10. The offspring of two plants or animals of differing species
  6. 13. Having two different alleles of a particular gene
  7. 17. A specific characteristic of an organism, determined by genes or the environment
  8. 18. The Father of Modern Genetics
  9. 20. A set of all the genes a species has in its chromosomes