GENETICS STARTER

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Across
  1. 3. (6) a group of related people who share similarities
  2. 7. (9) family members from long ago
  3. 8. (4) something on your head whose colour or texture can be inherited
  4. 9. (4) body parts whose colour is often inherited
  5. 10. (7) to receive characteristics from your parents
  6. 15. (7) looking or being almost the same as someone else
  7. 16. (5) siblings born at the same time who may look very similar
  8. 17. (5) the species that all people belong to
  9. 19. (5) the tiny building blocks that make up all living things
  10. 20. (10) a long bundle of DNA found in the nucleus of a cell
Down
  1. 1. (3) the tiny instruction code inside your body that helps decide how you look
  2. 2. (9) not the same, even when related
  3. 4. (7) the control centre of a cell where DNA is stored
  4. 5. (7) the two people you get your genes from
  5. 6. (12) unique patterns on your fingers that no one else has
  6. 11. (6) one of a kind, like your DNA
  7. 12. (9) exactly the same, like some twins
  8. 13. (4) a very young human who already has DNA
  9. 14. (6) features you inherit, like eye colour or hair type
  10. 18. (5) small sections of DNA that pass traits from parents to children