Across
- 2. Cases in which one allele is not completely dominant over another
- 4. Mendel's second conclusion, which states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive
- 8. Independent segregation of genes during the formation of gametes
- 9. Separation of alleles during gamete formation
- 11. phenotypes produced by both alleles are clearly expressed
- 14. Different forms of a gene
- 16. genetic makeup
- 17. specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another
- 18. Process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell
Down
- 1. the scientific study of biological inheritance
- 3. Having two identical alleles for a particular gene
- 5. diagram showing the gene combinations that might result from a genetic cross
- 6. An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits
- 7. likelihood that a particular event will occur
- 10. reproductive cells
- 12. A gene that has more than two alleles
- 13. An individual's characteristics are determined by factors that are passed from one parental generation to the next
- 15. Offspring of crosses between parents with different contrasting characteristics