This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Genetics & DNA has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 19 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The trait that you see physically
The letters of the trait
They are on genes and genes are on chromosomes
True breeder alleles are the same thing
One dominate and one recessive allele
They are the sequence of DNA
The scientific study of heredity
Diagram showing gene combinations
Character is a feature of an organism
Is the process by which genetic information is passed on from parent to child
When both alleles are the same
One form of a heredity trait, the dominant trait, dominates or prevents the expression of the recessive trait
Both members of an allelic pair are fully expressed in a heterozygous
One of the alleles expresses itself over the other allele
A cross between parents differing with respect to a single specified pair of alleles
The parent generation with which the genetic experiment starts
First filial generation
When both alleles are for the recessive trait
A line of descent whose members carry the same genotype
One form of a heredity trait, the dominant trait, dominates or prevents the expression of the recessive trait