Across
- 4. Passing of traits from 1 generation to the next
- 5. Different genes; one dominant & 1 recessive
- 7. 2 or more alternate forms of a trait; 1 from mom & 1 from dad
- 9. unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring
- 10. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells; has genetic information in the form of genes.
- 12. Genetic makeup
- 13. Most influential
- 14. Abnormalities in genes; rare
Down
- 1. Quality or characteristic
- 2. physical characteristics; way it looks; interaction of genes & environ
- 3. Something that is given & passed on
- 6. Not the most dominant or influential
- 8. 2 of the same allele
- 11. Study of inheritance
- 13. self-replicating material; carrier of genetic information.