Across
- 3. all of the DNA in your body
- 6. long molecule of DNA. We have 23 homologous pairs of them.
- 8. characteristics seen as the result of the genotype
- 9. scientist who discovered how inheritance works
- 10. cell with two copies of each chromosome
- 12. information storage molecule
- 13. version of a gene
Down
- 1. adjective describing pair of chromosomes that are the same size, and have the same genes.
- 2. the particular combination of alleles that you possess
- 4. allele that is overpowered by a dominant allele and must be present in two copies to be seen in the phenotype
- 5. section of DNA that codes for a trait. The unit of inheritance, passed from parent to offspring
- 7. cell with half the number of chromosomes
- 11. allele that overpowers a recessive allele and is always seen in the phenotype
- 14. Latin for 'place'. Particular location on a chromosome where a gene is found.