GENETICS PUZZLE

5. The different forms of a gene.
6. When the two alleles of a gene are the same.
12. a change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene.
14. When both alleles can be observed in a phenotype.
15. a type of nucleic acid that carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.
16. The process of making mRNA from DNA
17. Dominance- The offspring’s phenotype is a combination of the parents’ phenotypes.
18. process of making a protein from RNA
19. Geneticists call how a trait appears, or is expressed.
20. A section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.
21. If the two alleles of a gene are different.

1. The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
2. a molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.
3. Inheritance- when multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait.
4. The study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring.
7. the process of copying a DNA molecule to make another DNA molecule.
8. Trait- A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor
9. An organism’s genetic material/information
10. Square- Model used to predict possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring.
11. The two alleles that control the phenotype of a trait.
13. Trait- A genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor.