Across
- 5. the observable traits of an organism
- 7. reproduction in which two parents produce offspring
- 10. the combination of alleles that an organism receives from its parents
- 11. changes in a section of DNA
- 12. structure that DNA is organized into
Down
- 1. a new organism that results from sexual or asexual reproduction
- 2. one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color
- 3. reproduction in which only one parent produces offspring
- 4. the process by which a characteristic is passed from parent to offspring
- 6. one set of instructions for an inherited trait
- 8. a genetically determined characteristic
- 9. instructions that determine an organism's traits and coordinate growth and development of an organism