Intro to Genetics & Inheritance

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Across
  1. 2. He grew pea plants to study how traits were passed from one generation to the next.
  2. 3. When both alleles inherited are the same.
  3. 6. Each organism has a fixed number of these. Humans have 23 pairs.
  4. 8. A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.
  5. 11. The observable physical characteristics of an organism.
  6. 13. Ways of looking, thinking, or being.
  7. 14. The study of how traits are passed down from one generation to the next.
Down
  1. 1. A trait that is covered over by the dominant form.
  2. 4. Different forms of a trait that a gene may have.
  3. 5. The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
  4. 7. When both alleles inherited are different.
  5. 9. A trait that dominates or covers over the other form.
  6. 10. The study of how traits are passed down from one generation to the next.
  7. 12. Molecules found in cells that contain genetic information in the form of nucleotide bases.