Across
- 2. Genetics The offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially the offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties, species, or races.
- 3. genetic make up of a cell.
- 5. A hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism.
- 6. One member of a pair or series of genes that occupy a specific position on a specific chromosome.
- 7. composite of an organisms characteristics or traits.
- 9. two different alleles.
- 10. Genetics Having a pair of each type of chromosome, so that the basic chromosome number is doubled.
- 11. The branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms.
Down
- 1. sometimes also called a pure-bred, is when 2 organisms with identical genotypes procreate an organism for the same traits.
- 4. square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
- 5. A cell that fuses with another cell during fertilization.
- 8. Having a single set of chromosomes.
- 9. identical alleles.
- 12. A genetically determined characteristic or condition.