Across
- 3. scientific study of heredity
- 8. characteristics or attributes of an organism that are expressed by genes and/or influenced by the environment.
- 11. physical characteristics of an organism
- 12. situation in which the phenotypes produced by both alleles are completely expressed
- 13. measurement tool that calculates the chance or likelihood of occurrence of an event.
- 15. a gene that has more than two alleles
- 16. one of Mendel’s principles that states that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes
Down
- 1. having two identical alleles for a particular gene
- 2. genetic makeup of an organism
- 4. separation of alleles during gamete formation
- 5. situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another allele
- 6. having two different alleles for a particular gene
- 7. one of a number of different forms of a gene
- 9. trait controlled by two or more genes
- 10. the passing of genetic factors from parents to offspring or from one generation to the next.
- 14. diagram that can be used to predict the genotype and phenotype combinations of a genetic cross