Heredity Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. genetic makeup of an organism (abbreviated notation for allele combination ex. Tt, TT, tt)
  2. 3. trait always shows up when the allele is present (represented with a capital letter)
  3. 6. how likely an event will occur
  4. 9. The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring (one generation to another)
  5. 10. the factors that control the trait/The place on the chromosome that has the genetic information for one trait
  6. 13. a tool used to show the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
  7. 14. different forms of the same gene (dominant or recessive)
  8. 15. trait is hidden when the dominant allele is present (represented with a lower-case letter)
  9. 16. organism with two alleles that are the same; also known as purebred
Down
  1. 1. physical appearance resulting from the genotype
  2. 4. inheritance pattern in which both alleles are displayed (e.g., FRFW = red and white chicken)
  3. 5. threadlike structures in the nucleus that contain genetic information
  4. 7. a physical characteristic such as height or seed color
  5. 8. organism with two different alleles (e.g., Tt)
  6. 11. scientist who studied genetics with pea plants - Father of Genetics
  7. 12. a change in an organism's DNA sequence