Mendelian Genetics

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Across
  1. 3. A diagram of family relationships that uses symbols to represent people and lines to represent genetic relationships.
  2. 5. In a dihybrid cross, the inheritance of alleles for one trait is independent of the inheritance of alleles for another trait. This is called the Law of Independent ________.
  3. 8. This type of dominance occurs when the dominant allele masks the expression or effect of the recessive allele.
  4. 9. The term used when both alleles for a trait are identical.
  5. 10. ________ square is a tool used to visualize the genotypes of the parents and all of the potential combinations of alleles that their offspring can inherit.
Down
  1. 1. Alternative forms of a gene.
  2. 2. The term used when the alleles for a trait are different.
  3. 4. A term for an organism that has only one homologue or set of chromosomes present in the nucleus.
  4. 6. The units of inheritance.
  5. 7. A description of an organism's genetic make-up or constitution.