Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. different genes
  2. 4. The process of mating animals or crossing plants to produce offspring
  3. 6. an offspring produced by asexual reproduction, either naturally or through artificial processes, that is identical to the parent
  4. 7. being broken into small or seperate parts
  5. 9. Physical features on someone from their parents
  6. 13. a process by which organisms make exact copies of themselves without the union of gametes (sperm and egg cells)
  7. 17. Each new organism produced by sexual or asexual reproduction
  8. 18. allele that may be "hidden"
  9. 19. process by which a sperm cell from a male unites with an egg cell from a female to produce offspring that inherits traits from both.
  10. 20. A specific sequence of DNA that determines one or more traits
Down
  1. 1. the union of a male sperm cell and a female egg to form a fertilized egg
  2. 3. a box that can determine an offspring's genes/traits
  3. 5. the same genes
  4. 8. different versions of the same gene
  5. 10. The passage of genetic information from one generation to the next
  6. 11. a new organism that develops from its outgrowth
  7. 12. combinations of genes that offspring receives from its parent
  8. 14. allele that always shows if present in an individual's genes
  9. 15. the characteristics an offspring gets from their parents
  10. 16. A trait that is passed from parents to their offspring(s)