Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. characteristics that are inherited
  2. 3. an individual's observable traits
  3. 6. traits are passed onto the offspring interdependently of each other
  4. 8. an individual with non-identical alleles of a gene
  5. 10. a mathematical tool that helps predict the offspring outcome (both genotypes and phenotypes) of a cross between two parents with known genotypes
Down
  1. 1. every individual has two alleles of each gene and when gametes are produced, each gamete receives one of these alleles
  2. 4. an individual with identical alleles of a gene
  3. 5. the particular alleles (genes) an individual carries
  4. 7. alternative form of a gene for each variation of a trait
  5. 9. master copy of an organism's information