genetics

2. one allele will be expressed; it is the
3. a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell
5. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein
7. a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring
8. The presence of two different alleles at a particular gene locus
12. a self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organisms
13. genes are inherited independently of one another.

1. The observable characteristics in an individual resulting from the expression of genes
4. any cell of a living organism other than the reproductive cells.
5. mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
6. a trait that is expressed only when genotype is homozygous
7. the genetic constitution of an individual organism
9. a specific characteristic of an individual
10. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene
11. a reproductive cell of an animal or plant