GENETICS

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Across
  1. 5. Breeding unrelated animals in the same breed together
  2. 6. Breeding unrelated animals from different breeds together
  3. 9. An interaction between genes in which one of them interferes or modifies the phenotypic outcome of the individual
  4. 11. the transmission of characteristics (traits)
  5. 13. The external appearance of an individual (black vs white for example).
  6. 14. The genetic makeup of the animal (the letters the animal possesses)
  7. 15. the study of inheritance or heredity
Down
  1. 1. A phenomenon in which both alleles are expressed in the phenotype of the heterozygote because neither is strictly dominant or recessive
  2. 2. the proportion of total variation in a particular trait among individuals that is due to heredity
  3. 3. Chromosomes within a pair are termed
  4. 4. What is DNA made up of?
  5. 7. The entire genetic makeup of an organism (the identification of all of the genes in an organism)
  6. 8. An alternate form of a gene that is located at a specific spot ultimately on the chromosome
  7. 10. Breeding related animals together
  8. 12. A gene is located on a chromosome as a spot called the