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Across
  1. 5. the passing of traits by heredity
  2. 9. an offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent
  3. 10. a specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another
  4. 11. describes an organism with two alleles that are the same for a trait
  5. 13. all of an organism's genetic material
  6. 15. the study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles
Down
  1. 1. describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait
  2. 2. one of the alliterative forms of a gene
  3. 3. an organism's genetic makeup
  4. 4. outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism
  5. 6. describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait
  6. 7. describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear
  7. 8. the structure in the cells nucleus that contains instructions for the cell and the entire organisms
  8. 12. a short segment of DNA
  9. 14. the passing of traits from parent to offspring