Across
- 3. the gene that controls fur color in rabbits has four different alleles is an example of ___ alleles
- 4. the study of how traits are passed from one generation to the next is the science of ___
- 10. the process by which organisms with certain adaptations survive to pass on their traits
- 11. crossing a white horse with a black horse and getting both in an example of this
- 13. alleles for a dominate trait are represented with ___ letters
- 14. describing something as black fur would be its ___
- 17. alleles for a recessive trait are represented with ___ letters
- 18. used pea plants to study heredity
- 19. when 2 or more genes interact to produce a single trait
Down
- 1. when a gene has more than two possible alleles
- 2. this would most likely occur in a population of a dozen pygmy goats at a petting zoo
- 5. the pod color of pea plants is controlled by only 1 gene that has only 2 possible alleles
- 6. if a population of foxes migrate to a desert, the # of foxes with larger ears would ___
- 7. two traits produce a blended phenotype
- 8. the random change in the ratio of alleles in a population over time
- 9. when both traits are present in hybrid offspring, but without blending
- 12. according to Mendel, this trait is hidden by a dominant
- 15. an organism's ___ determines its phenotype
- 16. the letters that help visualize a pea plant's genetic makeup
- 20. in incomplete dominance, what color would the offspring be if a black sheep mates with a white sheep