Words to the Wise

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Across
  1. 3. a chart like a family tree that tracks a particular trait in a family
  2. 6. two different alleles
  3. 9. differences within a trait
  4. 10. a baby cow
  5. 12. female reproductive cell
  6. 14. something that influences something else
  7. 16. a characteristic caused by genetics or the environment
  8. 18. two identical alleles
  9. 20. male reproductive cell
  10. 21. the visibly expressed trait (ex: extra-big muscles)
  11. 22. a variable whose variation does NOT depend on any other variables
Down
  1. 1. all of the people at the same level of a pedigree (siblings and first cousins)
  2. 2. coded for by a gene
  3. 4. a variable whose variation does depend on at least one other variable
  4. 5. how offspring are created
  5. 7. most animals produce offspring through ________________ reproduction
  6. 8. different forms of a gene
  7. 10. physical structures that contain many genes
  8. 11. map showing an individual's complete set of chromosomes
  9. 13. the allele combination for a trait (ex: Star-Star yesterday)
  10. 15. biological children
  11. 17. a variable that a researcher tries to keep the same within an experiment
  12. 19. part of a chromosomes that codes for proteins and controls a trait