Across
- 7. An inherited condition in which nerve cells in the brain break down over time. (No cure.)
- 8. A monk who worked with pea plants and discovered the rules of heredity
- 10. When the sperm cell and the egg cell join together to make a new organism
- 11. An allele whose trait is hidden when a dominant allele is present
- 12. The passing of genes from parents to their offspring
- 13. An organism that has two different alleles for a trait
Down
- 1. Specific characteristics such as stem height, eye color, or seed shape.
- 2. Factors that control a trait
- 3. An allele whose trait will always show up in an organism when it is present
- 4. an organism that is the offspring of many generations that have the same for of a trait.
- 5. The female reproductive cell
- 6. The male reproductive cell
- 8. The scientific study of heredity/the passing of genes
- 9. The different forms of a gene
