Genetics Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 4. - The passage of genetic information from one generation to the next
- 9. - A specific sequence of DNA that determines one or more traits
- 10. A trait that is passed down parents(s) to offspring
- 11. a specific gene or group of genes
- 12. which both alleles in a heterozygous individual are fully observed in
- 14. An organism that has two
- 15. have genes
- 17. parents
- 20. alleles for a specific trait
- 21. dominance-A genetic
- 22. observable phenotype, intermediate between the phenotypes of
- 23. A offspring produced by asexual reproduction, either naturally or through artificial processes that is identical to the parent
- 24. observable trait of an
- 26. organism that has two
- 27. in which two alleles in
- 28. process of mating animals or crossing plants to produce offspring
- 29. individual’s phenotype. Neither
- 30. is recessive or dominant; therefore, both traits are observed
Down
- 1. is an asexual mode of producing new organisms
- 2. new organism produced by sexual or asexual reproduction.
- 3. breaking into pieces or being divided into parts
- 5. experiment
- 6. made up of DNA and protein and they contain your genes
- 7. A specific version of a characteristic that varies from one individual to another
- 8. square- A diagram for showing
- 11. The union of a male sperm and a female egg to form a fertilized egg.
- 13. likelihood of each outcome of a
- 16. A variant, or version,of a gene Genotype- An individual’s pair of alleles
- 18. alleles for a specific trait
- 19. Reproduction- A process by which organisms make exact copies of themselves without the union of gametes(sperm and egg cells)
- 25. A genetic phenomenon
- 29. determine a trait.