Across
- 3. each of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
- 5. a person's child or children.
- 7. a table in which all of the possible outcomes for a genetic cross between two individuals with known genotypes are given.
- 8. the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
- 10. A medical term for having an extra copy of a chromosome
- 11. derived genetically from one's parents or ancestor
Down
- 1. relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents.
- 2. occurs when the nucleus of both a sperm and an egg fuse to form a diploid cell, known as zygote
- 4. a mature female reproductive cell, especially of a human or other animal, which can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell.
- 6. the membrane-enclosed organelle within a cell that contains the chromosomes
- 9. a genetically determined characteristic.