Genetics Vocabulary 7th Grade

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Across
  1. 3. The Father of Genetics
  2. 5. Structure where genetic information is stored in the nucleus of a cell.
  3. 7. The scientific study of heredity.
  4. 8. A type of trait obtained from the environment
  5. 10. A chart showing several generations and offspring.
  6. 14. The physical appearance of a trait in an individual
  7. 15. A trait that will always show up if present.
  8. 16. An organism’s characteristics.
  9. 17. the likelihood that a trait will be inherited.
  10. 18. Two paired alleles that are different from each other.
Down
  1. 1. A table used to calculate the probability of inheriting a trait.
  2. 2. The specific genetic makeup of an individual; the letters used.
  3. 4. A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait.
  4. 6. A trait that will only show up if two copies of the allele are present
  5. 8. One of a pair of genes that controls a characteristic.
  6. 9. Process to pass down traits from parents to offspring.
  7. 11. Two paired alleles that are exactly the same.
  8. 12. A type of trait that an organism is born with.
  9. 13. Deoxyribonucleic Acid