Across
- 2. Usually appears as a lower case letter
- 6. The basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child
- 8. usually appears as an lowercase letter
- 10. Gametes need to have only half of the proper number of chromosomes
- 12. having inherited the same versions (alleles) of a genomic marker from each biological parent
- 14. The presence of two different alleles at a particular gene locus
- 15. alternative form or versions of a gene
Down
- 1. the process of one cell simply dividing into two
- 3. one cell divides once to form two identical cells
- 4. each pair of chromosomes is separated into two identical, independent chromosomes
- 5. square easy way to calculate phenotypes
- 7. thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells
- 9. Powerhouse of the cell
- 11. The term literally means “little organs.
- 13. smallest common denominator of life