Across
- 3. the actual act of an animal giving birth
- 4. period: how long an animal is pregnant from fertilization to delivery
- 7. horses are measured in ___
- 8. diseases: disease shared by humans and animals
- 14. genes paired together that are the same
- 15. insemination: inserting the sperm inside of an animal
- 16. a unit of hereditary material on a chromosome
- 17. pocket: serves as a tiny shock absorber while the embryo is developing
- 18. known as the true stomach
- 21. the actual make-up of the genes
- 22. the white spot on the egg yolk, where reproduction starts with
- 23. transfer: an egg and sperm are removed, joined together, and put back in the female
- 24. an animal chews its ___ after regurgitating it from the rumen
Down
- 1. animal scientists
- 2. the actual physical appearance of the animal
- 5. the first part of an animal's small intestine
- 6. a long funnel shaped tube which is the first portion of the oviduct
- 9. carrier of genetic material (genes)
- 10. a parasitic infection caused by a parasitic protozoa
- 11. egg white
- 12. genes paired together that are different
- 13. a twisted, cord-like strand of egg white
- 16. a muscular stomach used to grind feed into small pieces
- 19. system: the system that produces milk
- 20. a fertilized blastodisc