Heredity/Genetics Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Physical characteristics that are passed from parent to child
  2. 5. A trait that always surfaces when the allele is in an organism; stronger
  3. 6. The action of beginning to form a new organism with an egg and a sperm cell
  4. 8. The study of heredity and how it affects organisms
  5. 9. Same meaning as "purebred"
  6. 11. Organism with two different alleles for a trait; Aa
  7. 12. A genetic makeup; letters
  8. 14. different forms of a gene; 1 letter
  9. 15. The factors that affect a trait; 2 letters
  10. 16. The offspring of multiple generations with the same form of a trait; AA or aa
Down
  1. 1. A specific quality or characteristic
  2. 3. Tells the chances of an event occurring
  3. 4. Same meaning as "hybrid"
  4. 7. Hidden trait; does not surface unless the dominant trait is not in an organism; weaker
  5. 10. a chart showing all the way alleles can combine
  6. 13. A physical characteristic