Across
- 4. A number that describes how likely it is that a particular event will occur
- 6. having two different alleles for a particular gene
- 7. An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
- 9. An offspring of many generations that has the same form of a trait
- 10. Passing of traits from parents to offspring a person's child or children.
- 14. A sequence of DNA that determines a trait and is passed from parent to offspring
- 15. An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
Down
- 1. An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present
- 2. An offspring of crosses that has two different alleles for a trait
- 3. Different forms of a gene
- 5. A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
- 8. Having two identical alleles for a particulargene
- 11. An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.
- 12. A specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring through its genes.
- 13. The scientific study of heredity