Genetics vocabulary
Across
- 4. the Austrian monk who discovered the principles of heredity
- 5. If a parent has the genotype AA, the probability that they will pass a dominant allele to their offspring is ___% (spell the number)
- 6. If a parent has the genotype Aa, the probability that they will pass a recessive allele to their offspring is ___% (spell the number)
- 8. a genotype with 2 of the of the same alleles- like BB
- 10. a genotype with 2 different alleles- like Bb
- 13. the type of allele that will always show up in an organism if it is present
- 15. the different forms of a gene
- 19. the type of trait that can only be expressed if an organism inherits 2 of the same alleles for it
- 20. the number of pairs of chromosomes in a human cell
- 21. the type or organism that Mendel used in his experiments
- 22. a characteristic that can be passed from a parent to its offspring through DNA
- 24. the type of reproduction that requires 2 parents combining genetic material
Down
- 1. the combination of alleles an organism has for a trait
- 2. the likelihood that an event will occur
- 3. the physical expression of an organism's alleles
- 7. the type of letter that represents a recessive allele
- 9. the type of letter that represents a dominant allele
- 11. A tool used to predict the probability an offspring will inherit a certain pair of alleles
- 12. An organism that will always produce the same trait in its offspring- it has a homozygous genotype.
- 14. the study of heredity
- 16. the passing of traits from parents to offspring
- 17. a portion of DNA that controls a trait
- 18. breeding 2 organisms to produce offspring
- 23. the amount of your DNA that you inherit from each of your parents