Unit 5 Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. likelihood that a particular event will occur
  2. 7. An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
  3. 8. An organism that has two different alleles for a trait
  4. 9. An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent.
  5. 12. Organisms that, when reproducing, create offspring of all the same variety.
  6. 16. An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
  7. 17. Independent segregation of genes during the formation of gametes
  8. 18. trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait
Down
  1. 1. Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait
  2. 2. Cross or mating between organisms involving two pairs of contrasting traits
  3. 3. An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait
  4. 5. A pattern of inheritance in which two alleles, inherited from the parents, are neither dominant nor recessive. The resulting offspring have a phenotype that is a blending of the parental traits.
  5. 6. fertilized egg
  6. 10. A condition in which both alleles for a gene are fully expressed
  7. 11. A person who has one recessive allele for a trait, but does not have the trait.
  8. 13. Separation of alleles during gamete formation
  9. 14. reproductive cells
  10. 15. Different forms of a gene