Vocabulary words!

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Across
  1. 1. instructions telling our bodies how to develop and function.
  2. 4. the study of heredity.
  3. 5. the passing on of traits from parents to offspring.
  4. 6. features or characteristics that are passed on to you (inherited) from your parents.
  5. 7. Small segments of DNA in specific patterns.
Down
  1. 2. a specific pattern in a gene.
  2. 3. a chart or family tree that tracks which members of a family have a certain trait.