Across
- 1. square a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
- 3. the passing of traits from parents to offspring
- 6. a number that describes how likely it is that a particular event will occur
- 8. an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations
- 9. the scientific study of heredity
- 10. an offspring that has two different alleles for a trait
- 11. the different forms of a gene
- 12. having two different alleles for a particular gene
- 14. a sequence of DNA that determines a trait and is passed from parents to offspring
Down
- 1. an offspring of that has two of the same alleles (usually comes from many generations that have the same trait)
- 2. an organism's physical appearance, or visible traits
- 4. a specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring through DNA
- 5. the process in sexual reproduction in which an egg cell and sperm cell join
- 7. allele an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when present
- 12. having two identical alleles for a particular gene
- 13. allele an allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present