Genetics

2. also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring
5. a change or alteration in form or qualities. gene linkage
6. inheritance occurs when an abnormal gene from one parent causes disease even though the matching gene from the other parent is normal
8. a cell that contains a single set of chromosomes
9. part of DNA controlling physical characteristics and growth
10. shows up in the organism when it is present
11. An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present.
13. An organism's physical appearance or visible traits.
14. an Austrian monk, on various characteristics of pea plants.
16. A diagram designed used to show the probability or chances of a certain trait being passed from one generation to another.

1. having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes
2. organism with two different alleles
3. deoxyribonucleic acid
4. the genetic constitution of an individual organism.
7. trait always shows up in the organism when it is present
8. efers to a pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive — they're different.
12. . a mature sexual reproductive cell
15. is the mode of cell replication for the formation of sperm and egg cells in plants, animals, and many other multicellular life forms.