Across
- 5. A chart used to show inherited traits in a family tree
- 6. A segment of DNA that controls a specific trait
- 8. When someone has two of the same alleles
- 9. How many alleles you get from each parent for one gene
- 10. A chart used to show the possible genotypes of offspring
- 12. The alleles an organism has in their genes
- 13. The control center of the cell
- 16. A variation of a gene
- 17. A stronger allele
- 18. A weaker allele
Down
- 1. Tightly packaged DNA found in the nucleus
- 2. The scientific word for children
- 3. When a trait is passed down to you from your parents
- 4. When someone has two different alleles
- 7. The physical traits of an organism
- 11. When you learn a trait over your lifetime
- 14. All of the instructions for our body
- 15. The building blocks of life