Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Passing of traits from one generation to another
  2. 3. having two different alleles for a trait (both the recessive and dominant alleles are present)
  3. 4. characteristic passed from one generation to another
  4. 6. study of heredity
  5. 7. Different forms of a gene for a single trait, may be dominant or recessive
  6. 8. the genetic makeup of an organism (the allele combinations)
  7. 9. an allele whose trait is expressed when the allele is present (represented with a capital)
Down
  1. 1. an organism’s physical appearance, or visible traits; physical expression of the genotype
  2. 3. having two identical alleles for a trait (two homozygous dominant or two homozygous recessive)
  3. 5. an allele that is hidden when a dominant allele is present (represented with a lowercase)
  4. 6. The set of info that controls the trait/the segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait