Across
- 2. father of genetics
- 4. process where the number of chromosomes is reduced to half
- 5. any change in a gene or chromosome
- 9. chart that show all the possible combination of alleles that result from genetic cross
- 11. hidden whenever a dominant is present
- 13. physical appearance or visible traits
- 15. where genes are carried from parents to offspring
- 17. number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur
- 18. an organism who has two different alleles
- 21. the scientific study of heredity
- 22. offspring of many generations that have the same trait
Down
- 1. organism has two different alleles for a trait
- 3. always shows up when present
- 6. carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds the protein
- 7. copies the coded message from the DNA in the nucleus
- 8. egg and sperm join to begin the process of a new organism
- 10. genetic makeup of allele combination
- 12. an organism who has two identical alleles
- 14. different forms of a gene
- 16. alleles are neither dominant nor recessive. Both are expressed
- 18. passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring
- 19. different form of a characteristic
- 20. factors that control a trait