Genetics

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Across
  1. 4. the genetic makeup of an organism.
  2. 6. an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait.
  3. 7. units of heredity that are made up of DNA and determine specific traits.
  4. 10. the process by which humans breed specific plants or animals for desired traits
  5. 12. a type of reproduction that involves the combination of genetic material from two parents.
  6. 13. a hybrid that is heterozygous with respect to a specific gene.
Down
  1. 1. structures within cells that contain genetic information in the form of DNA.
  2. 2. a diagram used to predict the outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment
  3. 3. a trait that must be contributed by both parents in order to appear in the offspring.
  4. 5. characteristics of an organism that are expressed by genes.
  5. 8. a trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it.
  6. 9. an organism that has two different alleles for a trait.
  7. 11. the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism.