Across
- 1. carrier of genetic information in all organisms
- 5. study of heredity
- 6. when both of the traits are dominant which causes both traits to show up in the organism
- 9. passing of characteristics or traits from parents to offspring
- 12. organism’s physical appearance
- 15. basic unit of heredity by which genetic information is passed from parent to offspring
- 16. likelihood that a particular even will occur
- 17. dominance neither trait is completely dominant a third trait appears in the heterozygous condition
- 18. change in a gene or chromosome
Down
- 2. different forms of a gene
- 3. marked allele that does not show up when the dominant allele is present
- 4. square chart used to show all of the possible combinations of alleles from both parents
- 7. organism that has two different alleles for a trait
- 8. genetic makeup or combination of alleles
- 10. diagram that shows how often a particular phenotype appears from one generation to the next
- 11. organism that has two identical alleles for a trait
- 13. DNA that has been coiled into a tight bundle
- 14. allele that will always show up when it is present in the organism