genetics

4. / a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
6. / organisms that produce identical offspring if allowed to self-pollinate
8. / having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
10. / genetic makeup of an organism
13. / physical characteristics of an organism
14. / offspring of crosses between parents with different traits

1. / the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
2. / any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
3. / an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes, ordinarily half the normal diploid number.
5. / diagram showing gene combinations
7. / having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
9. / the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
11. / a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature
12. / an organism or cell having double the basic haploid number of chromosomes.