Across
- 4. an organisms that always produces offspring with the same form of a traits as the parent
- 5. having two identical alleles for a trait
- 6. a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through genes or paste your list of words here
- 8. Mendel, scientist that is known as the Father of Genetics due to his work studying the heredity of pea plants
- 10. an organisms physical appearance or visible traits
- 11. the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties
- 14. trait, a trait that has been gained through environmental influences, such as injuries or practiced skills that cannot be inherited.
- 16. Factors that control traits; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
- 17. the passing of traits from parents to offspring
- 18. the different forms of a gene
Down
- 1. an organisms genetic makeup, or allele combination
- 2. the likelihood a particular event will occur
- 3. having two different alleles for a trait
- 7. The scientific study of heredity
- 9. traitk a trait that is expressed through genes, passed on from parents
- 12. allelek an allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present
- 13. Squarek a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
- 15. allele, an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
