Beckwith Middle School - Grade 8 Science Crossword

A change in a gene or chromosome
The science behind heredity
An organism that has the same genes as the organism it was produced from
When two alleles are equal and present in both the phenotype and genotype of an organism
A person's physical appearance
an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
a specific characteristic that an organism can pass through its genes to offspring
An offspring having parents with different traits
A person's genetic makeup
An offspring having parents with same traits
Different alleles fo a single trait
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of two genotypes
Material which is present in nearly all living organisms and is the carrier of genetic information.
The process that produces 4 reproductive cells
A sequence of DNA that determines a trait and is passed from parent to offspring
The chance of something occuring
Factors that control a trait
Adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T) are read in groups of three called
A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.
Same alleles for a single trait