Genetics Vocabulary

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