Across
- 3. an organism that always passes down certain traits ( I.e physically expressed traits) to its offspring of many generation.
- 6. Pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the flower of the same plant.
- 8. pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant reaches the pistils of a flower from different plant.
- 9. a distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- 12. a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor.
- 14. (Deoxyribonucleic acid) the molecule that carries genetic information. It is inside the nucleus.
Down
- 1. to receive something from someone who came before you.
- 2. are the basic, inherited units of information, composed of DNA segments found on chromosomes inside cells.
- 4. the young born of living organisms. They are the children.
- 5. a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.
- 7. the branch of biology that deals with characteristics that are inherited from one generation to another.
- 8. Thread-like structures in the cell nucleus made of DNA.
- 10. the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds.
- 11. the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
- 13. a distinguishing quality, trait or feature of an individual, or thing.