Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. is the branch of biology that deals with characteristics that are inherited from one generation to the next.
  2. 4. a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.
  3. 7. the young born of living organisms. They are the children
  4. 8. a distinguishing quality or characteristic
  5. 11. the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
  6. 12. A distinguishing quality, trait or feature of an individual, or thing.
Down
  1. 1. pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant reaches the pistils of a flower from different plant
  2. 2. the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds
  3. 5. to receive something from someone who came before you.
  4. 6. pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the flower of the same plant.
  5. 9. an organism that always passes down certain traits (i.e. physically expressed traits) to its offspring of many generation
  6. 10. a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor.