Genetics

6. Considered the father of genetics because he was the first to discover heredity
7. Traits that are not observed. or “hidden”
9. A version of a gene
10. The traits that cover, or dominate another allele.
13. is an organism that has two different alleles for a specific trait
16. The matching chromosomes in a pair of chromosomes
18. A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes
19. an organism’s physical appearance or an observable trait
20. A condition in which both alleles for a gene are fully expressed

1. A specific sequence of DNA that determines a trait
2. a characteristic of something
3. The transmission, or passing, of genes
4. The type of plants Gregor Mendel used because they grew and reproduced quickly
5. is an organism that has two identical alleles for a specific trait
8. A type of breeding used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics
11. reproduction that requires the union of a sperm (male) and egg (female) to produce an offspring
12. reproduction that produces offspring that are exact copies of themselves by cloning or budding
14. An exact copy of something
15. A threadlike, gene-carrying structure found in the nucleus
17. an organism’s pair of alleles that determine a gene