Genetics Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 2. The factors that control traits are called __________.
  2. 4. When breeders cross two genetically different individuals.
  3. 7. The creation of an organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism from which it was produced.
  4. 8. A cross between two organisms that have similar characteristics.
  5. 10. The different characteristics one acquires from their parents are called __________.
  6. 12. A relationship among alleles where both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the heterozygote.
  7. 14. ___________'s goal is to identify the DNA sequence of every possible gene in the human genome.
  8. 17. This is the likelihood that a particular event will occur.
  9. 20. Term that describes two identical alleles.
  10. 22. This type of allele is covered up when the dominant allele is with it and is less common.
Down
  1. 1. This is the name for an organism with two different alleles.
  2. 3. To select organisms with desired traits to be parents of the next generation.
  3. 5. Only ___________ will have the exact same DNA fingerprint.
  4. 6. Priest in Vienna, The Father of Modern Genetics
  5. 9. All of the DNA in one cell of an organism.
  6. 11. This is the term for when a female contributes one factor, while the male contributes the other factor.
  7. 13. Term that describes two different alleles.
  8. 15. A diagram that is used to predict the outcome of a particular cross.
  9. 16. The passing of traits from parents to offspring
  10. 17. This is an organism’s physical appearance or its visible traits.
  11. 18. The trait that shows and is more common.
  12. 19. These always produce offspring with the same trait as the parent.
  13. 21. The genetic makeup of an organism.