Across
- 4. the "T" in TRNA
- 6. where DNA resides in each cell
- 8. crossing over causes genetic ______________ during meiosis
- 10. number of divisions that occur during meiosis
- 11. Ff for eye color
- 13. probability is a number that expresses how __________ it is that an even will occur
- 14. another word for "trait"
- 17. fertilized egg
- 19. a pedigree is a ____________ of inherited traits in a family
- 21. where a gene is located
- 24. allele that will only be expressed in an organism if part of a homozygous chromosome pair
- 25. where an organism's genetic code comes from
- 28. Latin for "son"
Down
- 1. the study of patterns of inheritance
- 2. written expression of genetic code for an individual organism
- 3. replaces thymine in RNA
- 5. what the "P" stands for in the P generation
- 7. describes two identical, inherited alleles for a trait
- 9. first name of the monk who is called "father of modern genetics"
- 12. meaning of "hetero"
- 15. series of events that produces daughter cells
- 16. type of plant that Mendel observed
- 18. pairs with cytosine in DNA
- 19. produces two daughter cells
- 20. chains of these build proteins
- 22. in mitosis this word applies to both daughter cells
- 23. carries instructions for the construction of proteins
- 26. female reproductive cell
- 27. organelle that produces the proteins