Gentics Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. The study of heredity
  2. 8. Coded for by genes along chromosomes & are used to build cells, tissues, organs, and to perform life processes
  3. 9. NOT inherited; it results from the effects of the environment
  4. 11. A unit located on a chromosome that determines a trait "UNITS OF HEREDITY"
  5. 12. The actual gene combination (letter)
  6. 13. Both genes (letters) are DIFFERENT
Down
  1. 1. Controlled by genes and passed on from parents
  2. 3. The stronger trait
  3. 4. Each form of a gene
  4. 5. Nucleic acid that contains coded instructions for genetic traits which are passed on; makes up chromosomes & in the nucleus of eukaryotes
  5. 6. Rod-shaped strands made of tightly coiled DNA & include segments called genes that code for specific proteins
  6. 7. Both genes (letters) are the SAME
  7. 8. Visible characteristics or feature "what you see"
  8. 10. The weaker trait
  9. 14. A characteristic of feature; can be inherited from parents OR a result of experience like a missing tail that was bitten off