Across
- 3. characteristic that is inherited; can be either dominant or recessive
- 4. observed trait of an organism that mask the recessive form of a trait
- 5. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
- 7. combination of genes in an organism.
- 9. Branch of biology that studies heredity.
- 10. passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring
Down
- 1. a change in a DNA sequence
- 2. he smallest structural and functional unit of an organism
- 6. he smallest structural and functional unit of an organism
- 8. with two of each kind of chromosome; is said to contain a diploid, or 2n, number of chromosomes
