Heredity & Genetics

2. I am the "blueprint" for an organism's characteristics. I am shaped like a twisted ladder and am found in the nuclei of cells.
4. I am the female reproductive cell.
6. I am an allele that ONLY shows up in the offspring if there are two of me. I cannot show up if paired with the other type of allele.
8. I am made of smaller building blocks called amino acids.
9. I am the 'C' nitrogen base in DNA.
10. I, and others like me, make proteins.
12. I am also known as a 'category'.
13. Geneticists use me in order to calculate probability.
16. Humans have 46 of me (23 from mom, 23 from dad).
18. I am a trait made of two different alleles (ex: Dd).

1. I am the chance something will happen.
3. I am also known as a 'characteristic'.
5. I am the the 'G' nitrogen base in DNA.
7. I am the choices within a gene.
8. I am a trait made of two of the same alleles (ex: DD or dd).
11. I am the shape of DNA. Most people just call me a 'twisted ladder'.
14. I am the 'T' nitrogen base in DNA.
15. I am an allele that always shows up in the offspring if I'm donated by the parents.
17. I am the male reproductive cell.