Heredity and Genetics

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Across
  1. 3. Sudden departure or change from the parent type, seen in offspring in one or more characteristics that have been inherited, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome
  2. 5. The passing on of qualities, characteristics, or traits from parents to their young through the genes.
  3. 8. One of a pair of hereditary traits that is masked by the other when both are present in an organism.
  4. 9. To receive a genetic trait from a parent or ancestor.
  5. 10. One of a pair of hereditary traits that masks the other when both are present in an organism.
Down
  1. 1. The genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
  2. 2. The appearance of an organism resulting from the interaction of the genotype and the environment.
  3. 4. The process of translating the sequence of a messenger RNA molecule to a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis
  4. 6. The process of making an RNA copy of a gene sequence
  5. 7. The basic unit of heredity that occupies a specific location on a chromosome.