Genetics Unit Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. the study of heredity and how traits in offspring are based upon those of the parents
  2. 4. a grid system that can be set up and used to predict the possible outcomes that may result from the mating process between two individuals, when their genotypes are known
  3. 7. the physical result of a gene combination
  4. 8. the genetic make-up of an organism
  5. 9. the paired alleles for a specific trait are different, like Bb or Gg
  6. 10. all the forms of a gene for any given trait
Down
  1. 1. one allele can mask the presence of another
  2. 2. the process in which traits are passed from parents to offspring
  3. 5. a characteristic that is masked by the presence of a dominant allele
  4. 6. the occurrence where the paired alleles for a specific trait are identical