Across
- 3. chart or family tree
- 5. segment of DNA that codes for a trait
- 6. blending of traits
- 10. both alleles in heterozygous individual are expressed
- 11. allele that is only expressed in homozygous
- 12. specific characteristic
- 13. having two identical alleles for a trait
- 16. physical expression of the trait expressed ex. red hair
Down
- 1. having two different alleles for a given trait
- 2. passing of characteristics from parents to children
- 4. the genetic makeup or combination of alleles (such as Bb)
- 7. traits controlled by multiple genes
- 8. a chart used to predict the probability of offspring inheriting a particular trait.
- 9. the allele that is always expressed
- 14. different forms of the same gene
- 15. branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms