This printable crossword puzzle has 25 clues. Answers range from 4 to 12 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A pair of genes separate when forming the gametes is the law of _________
What Mendel called a factor today we call a ____________________
Mendel's parent plants were ______________________________________
Father of genetics
The study of heredity
Squares that are used to visualize the crossing of genes
A mathematical way of predicting an outcome based on chance
Offspring that combine the traits of two different parents
The passing of traits from parents to offspring
_______________________________________ refers to the type of genes
A gene that can hide or mask another gene's effect
The two contrasting forms for a gene
The genes of a pair are the same (ex: HH or hh)
Son or daughter.
The difference between what you predicted and what you actually got.
Traits do not effect each other according to the law of ______________ assortment
A trait that can skip a generation because it can get hidden.
Reproductive cells (egg or sperm)
Body cells
A cross involving a single trait
When genes of a pair are different. (ex: Hh)
A cross involving two traits
The outward physical appearance of an organism
Organisms used by Mendel to study genetics
The number of generations that Mendel studied in his pea plants