Across
- 2. Group of genes
- 4. the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
- 6. A distinguishing quality, trait or feature of an individual, or thing.
- 7. a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor.
- 10. (Deoxyribonucleic acid): The molecule that carries genetic information.It is inside the nucleus
- 13. pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant reaches the pistils of a flower from different plant
- 15. to receive something from someone who came before you.
- 16. are the basic, inherited units of information, composed of DNA segments found on chromosomes inside cells.
Down
- 1. an organism that always passes down certain traits (i.e. physically expressed traits) to its offspring of many generation
- 3. the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds
- 5. is the branch of biology that deals with characteristics that are inherited from one generation to the next.
- 8. pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the flower of the same plant.
- 9. a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.
- 11. the young born of living organisms. They are the children.
- 12. structures in the cell nucleus made of DNA and protein that carry genetic information. Humans have 46 chromosomes.
- 14. a distinguishing quality or characteristic