Genetics Vocabulary - Hannah B

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Across
  1. 4. The branch of biology that deals with characteristics that are inherited.
  2. 8. Pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant reaches the pistils of a flower from a different plant.
  3. 10. To receive something from someone who came before you.
  4. 11. A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
  5. 12. The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
Down
  1. 1. A distinguishing quality, trait or feature of an individual, or thing.
  2. 2. The young born of living organisms. They are the children.
  3. 3. Pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the same plant.
  4. 5. A genetic factor that’s blocked by the presence of a dominant factor.
  5. 6. The offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds.
  6. 7. A gene that blocks another genetic factor.
  7. 9. an organism that always passes down certain traits to its offspring of many generations.