Across
- 2. the transfer of characteristics from parent to offspring
- 3. the actual genes/alleles an organism has (example PP or Pp or pp)
- 6. another name for homozygous
- 8. another name for heterozygous
- 9. 2 alleles that are the same, (TT, PP, tt, pp)
- 10. A specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another
- 11. A trait that can be masked by another one
- 14. alternative form of a gene (the letters, for example R or r)
Down
- 1. a segment of DNA on the chromosome that is coded for a particular trait
- 2. 2 alleles that are different (Tt, Pp, Ss)
- 4. the Father of Genetics, he experimented with pea plants
- 5. an observable trait of an organism that can mask the recessive trait
- 7. The physical expression of genes, what an organism looks like
- 12. holds an organisms hereditary information.
- 13. the science of genes, heredity and variation of organisms