Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. the reason why Mendel joined the monastery
  2. 8. two different alleles for a single trait
  3. 11. genes are located on these
  4. 12. the non-visible genome of an organism
  5. 13. the study of inheritance
  6. 14. a square diagram used to predict the genotypes of offspring
  7. 15. the alternative form of a single gene
Down
  1. 1. the father of genetics
  2. 2. identical chromosomes from the mother and father
  3. 3. the belief about inheritance during Mendel's time
  4. 4. the act of one allele overriding the other
  5. 6. the visible characteristics of an organism
  6. 7. the same two alleles for a single trait
  7. 9. any two lowercase letters for a single trait
  8. 10. the unit of heredity which is transferred from parent to offspring
  9. 14. the subject of Mendel's studies after mice