Heredity

2. any living thing
5. an organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
9. the "Father" of Genetics
10. having two different alleles for a particular gene.
13. a chart that shows all the possible combination of alleles that can result from a genetic cross.
14. an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
15. the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things.

1. an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.
3. the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
4. an allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present.
6. having two identical allel's for a particular gene.
7. a threadlike structure within a cell's nucleus that contains DNA.
8. specific characteristic of an organism
11. the different forms of a gene.
12. segment of DNA that codes for one protein or trait.
13. a number that describes how likley it is that a particular event will occur.