Genetics Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 6. passing of traits from parents to offspring.
  2. 8. condition in which both alleles for a gene are fully expressed
  3. 9. Traits
  4. 10. gene that has more than two alleles.
  5. 11. segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
  6. 13. in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell
  7. 15. controlled by two or more genes.
  8. 17. two same alleles for a trait
  9. 19. Dominance
  10. 20. Alleles
Down
  1. 1. structure within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next
  2. 2. Allele
  3. 3. division that produces reproductive cells (sperm and eggs) in sexually reproducing organisms
  4. 4. where two sister chromatids are joined tightly together
  5. 5. in which one allele is not completely dominant over another resulting in a blending of the traits.
  6. 7. Allele
  7. 12. (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
  8. 13. Square
  9. 14. of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
  10. 16. hidden whenever the dominant allele is present
  11. 18. organism that has two different alleles for a trait