Genetics/Meiosis Crossword
Across
- 4. are offspring of the F1 generation.
- 5. physical traits.
- 7. have pairs of homologous chromosomes.
- 8. spindle fibers pull each homologous chromosome pair toward opposite ends of the cell.
- 13. the fusion of male and female gametes.
- 19. male gametes.
- 21. prior to meiosis I.
- 22. have a single set of chromosomes.
- 24. nuclei reform in four haploid daughter cells.
- 25. the delivery of characteristics from parent to offspring.
- 30. sperm cells fertilize egg cells from within the same flower.
- 33. the likelihood that a particular event will occur.
- 34. the cells begin to divide, and the chromosomes pair up, forming tetrads.
- 37. haploid cells produced by meiosis II.
- 38. shows the result of a cross.
- 39. states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive.
- 40. the genetic makeup.
- 41. the offspring of crosses between parents with different traits.
- 43. convenient to study.
- 44. produces a plant that has two different parents.
- 45. when the phenotypes produced by both alleles are clearly expressed.
- 46. gene variations produced different expressions, or forms, of each trait.
- 48. follows telophase I, forming two new cells.
Down
- 1. when homologous chromosomes exchange segments.
- 2. is the parents.
- 3. produces two genetically distinct daughter cells with four chromatids.
- 6. paired homologous chromosomes line up across the center of the cell.
- 9. a process in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes.
- 10. organisms that have two identical alleles.
- 11. the two cells produced by meiosis I now enter a second meiotic division.
- 12. the chromosomes, each consisting of two chromatids, become visible.
- 14. separation of alleles in gametes.
- 15. when a gene has more than two possible alleles.
- 16. undergoes cell division by mitosis and eventually forms a new organism.
- 17. the scientific study of heredity.
- 18. when two genes do not influence each other’s inheritance.
- 20. chromosomes line up in the center of each cell.
- 23. have two contrasting characteristics.
- 26. controlled by two or more genes.
- 27. the heterozygous phenotype lies somewhere between the two homozygous phenotypes.
- 28. are offspring of the P generation.
- 29. the paired chromatids separate.
- 31. a nuclear membrane forms around each cluster of chromosomes.
- 32. strands of DNA and protein that are the carriers of genes.
- 35. organisms that have two different alleles.
- 36. something we each receive from our parents.
- 42. the factors that are passed from parent to offspring.
- 47. female gametes.