Across
- 3. The production of genetically identical organisms (clones) or cells from a parent organism or cell
- 4. The difference in physical features and personalities in close relations
- 6. The formalized layout of the karyotype of a species, often with the chromosomes arranged in a certain numerical sequence or a diagram or photograph of the chromosomes of a cell, arranged in homologous pairs and in a numbered sequence
- 7. What one genetically derives from one’s parents or ancestors (a quality, characteristic or predisposition) or the receiving of characteristics by transmission of genetic material from parent to offspring
- 8. A gene that is expressed even though it may be paired with a matching recessive gene
- 10. Refers to a form of a gene that is only apparent in the characteristics of the organism if two copies are present.
- 11. The study of how tiny units called genes, through reproduction, carry the information of heredity and variation from generation to generation
Down
- 1. The biological processes that result in offspring resembling parents
- 2. A threadlike structure containing nucleic acid and various proteins that carries the genes of a cell
- 5. A process whereby a sample of amniotic fluid is obtained from a pregnant woman in order to identify an abnormal foetus
- 9. A unit of hereditary material located on a chromosome that, by itself or with other genes, determines a characteristic in an organism