Genetics Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 3. An organism that has two different alleles for a trait
  2. 8. Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
  3. 9. A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
  4. 11. An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.
  5. 12. the offspring of many generations that have the same traits
  6. 14. Square A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
  7. 16. Passing of traits from parents to offspring
Down
  1. 1. An organism that has two different alleles for a trait
  2. 2. threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes
  3. 4. The scientific study of heredity
  4. 5. An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
  5. 6. Different forms of a gene
  6. 7. An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present
  7. 10. An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait
  8. 13. An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
  9. 15. A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.