Intro to Genetics Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. is the transmission of traits from one generation to the next
  2. 6. A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
  3. 9. chromosomes re two chromosomes of matching pairs that carry genes controlling the same inherited characteristics.
  4. 10. inheritance is the transmission of traits by mechanisms not directly involving DNA sequence.
Down
  1. 1. is a display of matching pairs of chromosomes by size.
  2. 2. the study of heredity
  3. 4. organisms have body cells with pairs of homologous chromosomes.
  4. 5. occurs when one gene influences several characters.
  5. 7. inheritance is the result of the additive effects of two or more genes on a single phenotypic character.
  6. 8. cells are body cells, each containing 46 chromosomes.