Heredity

4. any living thing
5. the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
6. an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
10. an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.
12. the "Father" of Genetics
14. a threadlike structure within a cell's nucleus that contains DNA.
15. a number that describes how likley it is that a particular event will occur.
16. an allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present.

1. having two different alleles for a particular gene.
2. specific characteristic of an organism
3. a chart that shows all the possible combination of alleles that can result from a genetic cross.
7. the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things.
8. having two identical allel's for a particular gene.
9. segment of DNA that codes for one protein or trait.
11. an organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
13. the different forms of a gene.