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