Science Extra Credit Crossword

The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring.
Each different form of characteristic, such as stem height or seed color.
The scientific study of heredity.
The process when egg and sperm cell join.
Today, scientists use the word _________ for factors that control a trait.
The different forms of a gene.
A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur.
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross.
An organism's genetic makeup.
An organism's physical appearance.
An organism that has two identical alleles.
An organism that has two different alleles.
When the alleles are neither dominant nor recessive.
The process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells.
________ can cause a cell to produce an incorrect protein during protein synthesis.