Genetics Overview

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Across
  1. 4. diagrams that are used by scientists to find out if an offspring would have a particular trait (probability)
  2. 9. carries two copies of the same recessive allele (hh)
  3. 10. one member of a pair of genes occupying a specific spot on a chromosome that controls the same trait
  4. 12. characteristics that are passed down from your parents
Down
  1. 1. carries two copies of the same dominant allele (HH)
  2. 2. carries one dominant allele and one recessive allele (Hh)
  3. 3. two alleles are different/opposites
  4. 5. who is considered the “father of genetics?”
  5. 6. both alleles are identical
  6. 7. carry instructions that determine a person’s traits
  7. 8. appearance of an organism or the trait you can see
  8. 11. the genetic makeup of an organism