Genetics

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Across
  1. 2. a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
  2. 4. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
  3. 5. transmission of traits from parents to offspring
  4. 6. having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes.
  5. 8. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
Down
  1. 1. science of heredity
  2. 3. having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes.
  3. 7. a genetically determined characteristic.