Genetics Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. The way an individual looks for a specific trait
  2. 5. A condition wherein the dominant allele completely masks the effect of the recessive allele
  3. 9. A trait that is always expressed when at least one dominant allele is present
  4. 10. The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics
  5. 15. A common feature of most cells located where chromosomes are located in the cell
  6. 16. A stalk that supports the pollen bearing anther in the male reproductive organ (stamen) of a flower
  7. 19. When an egg cell and a sperm cell collides and makes an offspring
  8. 21. Having two of the same alleles for a gene
  9. 23. A certain region of a chromosome that causes a protein to be made
  10. 24. A common feature of most cells that is copied when new cells are made
  11. 25. A characteristic or feature
  12. 26. A square diagram that is composed of a grid of usually four boxes
  13. 28. The combination of alleles that an individual has
  14. 29. Different forms of genes which can cause different forms of proteins which lead to variations
Down
  1. 1. An organize profile of an individual’s chromosomes
  2. 2. A trait that is only expressed when two recessive alleles are present
  3. 3. The male fertilizing organ of a flower
  4. 6. Having different alleles for a gene
  5. 7. The female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary
  6. 8. A type of inheritance in which the alleles from each parent blend together to form a mixed phenotype in the offspring
  7. 11. Difference between a trait
  8. 12. A female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced
  9. 13. The part of a stamen that contains the pollen
  10. 14. A small or immature ovum
  11. 17. A type of molecule in our food
  12. 18. A self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organism
  13. 20. An representation of biological relationships
  14. 22. A permanent change in the DNA sequence of an organism
  15. 27. The slender, stalk-like structure within a flower that connects the stigma