Across
- 2. the genetic constitution of an individual organism.
- 5. a diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes.
- 7. a self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes.
- 9. the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes).
- 10. a thing that is inherited.
- 11. the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
- 12. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
Down
- 1. having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes.
- 3. the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.
- 4. a person's child or children.
- 6. most important, powerful, or influential.
- 8. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.