Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. the passing of genetic material from one parent to offspring
  2. 5. Table used to predict the probability of traits in an offspring from sexual reproduction.
  3. 8. the passing of genetic material from only one parent cell. the offspring will be a genetic match.
  4. 10. one pair of genes that determines a specific trait
  5. 12. alleles that are shown with a capital letter
  6. 13. long strand of DNA that is passed down from parent cell to offsping. 23 are passed from each parent.
  7. 14. the written out physical appearance of a trait
Down
  1. 1. the father of genetics
  2. 2. small section of DNA that determines the inheritance of a particular trait
  3. 4. the passing of genetic material from two parent cells to an offspring.
  4. 6. different characteristics passed from parent to offspring
  5. 7. acronym used to represent the genetic material called Deoxyribonucleic Acid
  6. 9. alleles that are shown with a lowercase letter
  7. 11. Found in the nucleus of a cell