Across
- 6. — The genetic makeup of an organism that determines traits.
- 8. — The process through which traits are passed from parents to offspring.
- 9. — The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
- 12. — A hereditary disorder that affects the blood’s ability to clot.
- 14. — The differences in traits among individuals of the same species.
- 15. — The father of genetics who discovered the basic laws of inheritance.
Down
- 1. — The branch of science that studies heredity and variation.
- 2. — A sudden change in a gene or chromosome.
- 3. — A specific characteristic of an organism determined by genes.
- 4. — A gene that is masked by a dominant gene and only expressed when two copies are present.
- 5. — A unit of heredity that carries information for a specific trait.
- 7. — The physical appearance or observable characteristics of an organism.
- 10. — Having two different alleles for a particular gene.
- 11. — A thread-like structure made of DNA that carries genetic information.
- 13. — Different forms of a gene found at the same place on a chromosome.