Genetics Crossword

2. The PASSING of traits from generation to generation.
12. Sections of DNA on a chromosome that contain instructions for making specific proteins.
14. Alleles are passed on independent of each other.
15. TWO alleles that are the SAME for a trait.
16. An alternate form that a gene may have for a single trait; can be dominant or recessive.
17. SQUARE A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine.

1. Only one allele is passed from each parent organism.
3. A quality or characteristic of an organism. Example: curly hair, freckles, dimples, etc.
4. An organism’s GENETIC makeup.
5. A diagram that shows the occurrence & appearance of a particular gene from 1 generation to another.
6. The complete set of genes for an organism.
7. Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait.
8. Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated by another form of that trait and seems to disappear.
9. Outward PHYSICAL appearance/behavior of an organism.
10. The STUDY of how traits pass from parent to offspring.
11. TWO alleles that are DIFFERENT for a trait.
13. When a single gene has more than one dominant allele.