Reproduction and Genetics

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Across
  1. 5. the shape used to represent men in pedigrees
  2. 6. the shape used to represent women in pedigrees
  3. 9. an allele whose trait will ALWAYS show up in the organism when the allele is present
  4. 11. a number that describes how likely it is for a particular event to occur
  5. 12. a tool geneticist use to map out inheritance of traits
  6. 13. having two of the same alleles = pure bred
  7. 14. an organisms genetic make up of allele combinations
  8. 15. when an organism reproduces asexually by spontaneously breaking into to pieces and each piece develops into new offspring
Down
  1. 1. a coiled strand of DNA is called
  2. 2. having two different alleles for a trait = hybrid
  3. 3. a type of reproduction that only involves one parent and produces genetically identical offspring
  4. 4. a specific characteristic that an organism can pass to it's offspring through genes
  5. 7. type of reproduction that occurs when two parents combine DNA to produce offspring
  6. 8. process in sexual reproduction when egg and sperm cells join into a new cell
  7. 10. an organisms physical appearance or visible trait