Across
- 3. cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that produce gametes
- 5. a trait that dominates another form of that trait
- 7. ________ charts reveal patterns of inheritance of a trait in a family
- 10. double stranded molecule that carries genetic information
- 12. physical characteristics passed from parent to offspring
- 13. a ________ square predicts the probability of different traits in offspring
- 15. an organism with two different alleles for a trait
- 18. threadlike structures made of protein and a single cell of molecule
- 20. a form of inheritance wherein the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed
Down
- 1. a change in the DNA sequence of a cell
- 2. a single parent cell divides to make two new daughter cells
- 4. physical appearance and behavior of an organism
- 6. an alternate form that a gene may have for a single trait
- 8. a single set of unpaired chromosomes
- 9. trait that is covered up by another form of that trait and seems to disappear
- 11. nucleic acid molecule that codes and decode genetic information
- 14. an egg that has been fertilized by sperm
- 16. two identical alleles for a trait
- 17. creation of living organisms produced by a single organism by sexual reproduction of two organisms
- 19. an organism's genetic make up