Across
- 2. passing characteristics from one generation to another
- 3. the likelihood that an event will happen
- 5. the field of biology that studies how genes control appearance
- 6. different versions of a gene
- 10. genetic traits are ______ from a parent
- 13. characteristic like hair, freckles, or dimples
- 15. the genetic makeup of a living thing
- 16. long molecules made of DNA that hold genes
Down
- 1. a monk who experimented with pea plants
- 4. the trait that is hidden when other traits are present
- 7. the trait that is visible when other traits are present
- 8. the physical appearance of a living thing
- 9. all the individuals born at the same time
- 11. two copies of the same allele
- 12. two different alleles for a trait
- 14. region of DNA where instructions for one trait are kept