Across
- 3. refers to the genetic makeup of a specific set of genes
- 5. refers to the physical characteristics, or traits, of an organism
- 7. all of an organism's genetic material
- 10. cross the inheritance of alleles of two genes from two different parents
- 11. mating of two organisms
- 12. distinguishing characteristics that are inherited, such as eye color
- 13. a piece of DNA that provides a set of instructions to a cell to make a certain protein
- 14. cross a type of Punnett square genetic cross that predicts the result of crossing to different alleles for the same gene.
- 15. beginning; origin
Down
- 1. any alternative forms of a gene that may occur at a specific locus
- 2. heterozygous phenotype that is a blend of two homozygous phenotypes
- 4. showing, displaying
- 5. genetically uniform
- 6. with, together
- 8. heterozygous genotype that equally expresses the traits from both alleles
- 9. likelihood that something will happen in the future
- 13. the study of biological inheritance patterns and variation in organism