Across
- 4. An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
- 6. The scientific study of heredity.
- 8. The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
- 9. The joining of a sperm and an egg.
Down
- 1. An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.
- 2. The different forms of a gene that can be dominant and recessive.
- 3. A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
- 5. an acid the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.
- 7. A set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.