Across
- 2. an organism's genetic makeup or allele combinations
- 9. when a sperm and an egg join to form a new organism
- 10. one of a pair of genes that determines a specific trait
Down
- 1. segment of DNA, found on a chromosome, that determines the inheritance of a particular trait
- 3. an organism’s physical appearance or visible traits
- 4. passing of traits from parents to offspring
- 5. an organism that carries both a dominant and a recessive allele for the same trait
- 6. the offspring of many generations that possess the same trait
- 7. each different form of a characteristic for an organism
- 8. the scientific study of heredity