Genetics Vocab.

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Across
  1. 4. Resulting from crossbreeding, a mule is an example
  2. 7. Multiple genes contribute to one trait
  3. 10. A trait that is guaranteed so long as one parent has passed it down.
  4. 11. Two alleles may both be expressed together, such as in speckled chickens, where black and white are expressed
  5. 13. An observable characteristic from a genotype
  6. 15. Genetic inheritance of genes
Down
  1. 1. A genotype with two unique alleles
  2. 2. Made of proteins and DNA to deliver genetic information
  3. 3. In genetics, often represents a genotype where the two alleles are the same
  4. 5. The genetic instructions for all life, found in the nucleus
  5. 6. A unique sequence of DNA, often represented by combinations of letters (Aa, AA, aa)
  6. 8. Changes in an organism's Dnathat may be helpful, hurtful, and harmful, and are random
  7. 9. A trait that may only be present if a child inherits two alleles for the specific trait
  8. 12. Also known as children
  9. 14. One unique set of genes, as opposed to a Genotype, which is the complete set of these