Across
- 4. the different forms of a gene
- 5. the set of information that controls a trait
- 6. the passing of traits from parents to offspring
- 8. the offspring of many generations that have the same traits
- 9. the process in which an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new organism
Down
- 1. a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes
- 2. the scientific study of heredity
- 3. an allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present, represented by a lowercase letter
- 7. an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present, represented by a capital letter