Genetics Vocabulary Words

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Across
  1. 2. when an organisms is heterozygous for a trait, the allele expressed is the dominant one
  2. 4. having inherited different forms of a particular gene from each parent
  3. 7. carry the information that determines your traits
  4. 8. the joining of an egg and sperm
  5. 9. the entire set of genes, including specific alleles, found in an organisms DNA
Down
  1. 1. the physical properties of an organism
  2. 3. the physical characteristics passed down from parents such as eye color or hair color
  3. 4. you inherited two identical versions of a gene
  4. 5. the study of how genes and traits are passed down from one generation to the next
  5. 6. a version of each gene that a parent passes down to their child