Genetics

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Across
  1. 6. pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant reaches the pistils of a flower from different plant
  2. 7. to receive something from someone who came before you.
  3. 9. pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the flower of the same plant.
  4. 11. a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor.
  5. 12. the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds
  6. 14. are the basic, inherited units of information, composed of DNA segments found on chromosomes inside cells.
  7. 15. a distinguishing quality or characteristic
  8. 16. structures in the cell nucleus made of DNA and protein that carry genetic information. Humans have 46 chromosomes.
Down
  1. 1. A distinguishing quality, trait or feature of an individual, or thing.
  2. 2. the young born of living organisms. They are the children.
  3. 3. Group of genes
  4. 4. the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
  5. 5. a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.
  6. 8. (Deoxyribonucleic acid): The molecule that carries genetic information.It is inside the nucleus
  7. 10. an organism that always passes down certain traits (i.e. physically expressed traits) to its offspring of many generation
  8. 13. is the branch of biology that deals with characteristics that are inherited from one generation to the next.