Genetics Crossword

4. / two of the same allele
7. Square / a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
8. / bred from parents of the same breed or variety.
10. / a pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive - they're different
11. / a trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it
12. / variant form of a gene
13. / feature of an organism.
15. / physical appearance of an organism as distinguished from its genetic makeup
16. / study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.

1. / the genetic makeup of an organism
2. dominance / the situation in which both alleles of a heterozygote influence the phenotype.
3. / a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
5. / the passing of traits from parents to their offspring
6. / the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties
8. / the study of the likelihood of the occurrence of a particular event or offspring.
9. / a relationship between two versions of a gene.
14. / a trait that is never expressed by the heterozygous genotype.