Across
- 3. a structure consisting of DNA that carries the genes determining heredity
- 4. a part of DNA, on a chromosome, that determines traits
- 7. a square diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
- 10. the passage of biological traits or characteristics from parents to offspring
- 11. any of the possible forms in which a gene for a specific trait can occur.
- 13. the scientific study of genes and heredity
- 14. the actual gene itself
- 15. biological kids
- 16. the reproductive process that involves one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent
Down
- 1. the form of a gene that expresses a trait, such as hair color, in an individual organism. The dominant form of a gene overpowers the counterpart, or recessive, form located on the other of a pair of chromosomes.
- 2. the form of a gene that is not expressed as a trait in an individual unless two such genes are inherited, one from each parent. Recessive traits are overpowered by its counterpart, or dominant, form located on the other of a pair of chromosomes
- 5. a cell that has two different alleles
- 6. the reproductive process involving two parents whose genetic material is combined to produce a new organism different from themselves
- 8. passed on genetically from one generation to the next
- 9. relating to a cell that has two identical alleles for a particular trait
- 12. the physical appearance of a trait based on the genes