Across
- 3. what is passed down by others
- 10. a distinguishing quality or characteristic
- 12. A tool that helps to show all possible allelic combinations of gametes in a cross of parents with known genotypes
- 13. A type of allele that when present on its own will not affect the individual.
- 14. the genetic constitution of an individual organism.
Down
- 1. the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
- 2. having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes.
- 4. a type of inheritance in which two versions (alleles) of the same gene are expressed separately to yield different traits in an individual.
- 5. the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
- 6. the relationship between two versions of a gene.
- 7. the alternative forms of the same gene so they influence the same trait.
- 8. having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes.
- 9. a number that reflects the chance or likelihood that a particular event will occur.
- 11. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.