Across
- 3. relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents.
- 4. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
- 7. A term that describes having two different versions of the same gene
- 9. the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something
- 10. the scientific study of genes, inheritance, and variation in living organisms
Down
- 1. the single cell formed when a sperm and an egg fuse during fertilization
- 2. the production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects.
- 5. a change in the DNA sequence of an organism
- 6. a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores.
- 8. cell any cell in a multicellular organism that is not a germ cell (reproductive cell).