Across
- 2. when it effectively overrules the other (recessive) allele.
- 4. each individual that is a diploid has a pair of alleles (copy) for a particular trait
- 5. a genetically determined characteristic.
- 6. discovered the basic principles of heredity
- 7. having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes.
- 9. transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
- 11. the study of genes, genetic variation and heredity
- 13. one trait will conceal the presence of another trait for the same characteristic.
Down
- 1. threadlike structure of nucleic acid and protein
- 3. alleles of two (or more) different genes get sorted into gametes independently of one another.
- 8. a gene whose effects are masked in the presence of a dominant gene.
- 10. one of two or more versions of a gene.
- 11. genetic arrangement that makes up the traits that an organism inherited from its parents.
- 12. having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes.