Across
- 3. A change in a gene or chromosome.
- 5. The scientific study of heredity.
- 8. An organism’s physical appearance, or visible traits.
- 9. An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
- 13. A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur.
- 14. A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross.
- 15. Having two identical alleles for a trait (AA or aa) also known as Purebred.
Down
- 1. The joining of a sperm and an egg.
- 2. A set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.
- 4. Having two different alleles for a trait. (Aa) also known as hybrid.
- 6. A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through genes.
- 7. The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
- 10. a different form or version of something
- 11. The genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from the parent to offspring.
- 12. The different forms of a gene that can be dominant and recessive.