This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Genetics & DNA has 25 clues. Answers range from 5 to 21 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The scientific study of heredity is called ____________.
During sexual reproduction, male and female reproductive cells join, a process know as ___________.
The offspring of crosses between parents with different traits are called ___________.
A ______ is a specific characteristic of an individual, such as seed color or plant height, and may vary from one individual to another.
Scientists call the factors that are passed from parent to offspring ________.
The different forms of a gene are called ________.
these peas were ________________, meaning that if they were allowed self-pollinate, they would produce offspring identical to themselves.
how did this separation, or ______________, of alleles occur?
Mendel suggested that the alleles for tallness and shortness in the F1 plants must have segregated from each other during the formation of the sex cells, or _________.
the likelihood that a particular event will occur is called _________.
the gene ombianantions that might result from a genetic cross can be determined by drawing a diagram know as a ___________.
they have the same ___________, or geetic makeup.
organisms that have two different alleles for the same trait are___________.
all of the tall plants have the same ________,or physical characteristics.
contain only a single set of chromosomes
they exchange portions of their chromatids in the process of chromatids called __________.
The alleles for seed shape segregated independently for those for seed color - a principle known as _________.
cases in which one allele is not completely dominant over another are called ___________.
Both alleles contribute to the phenotype.
Many genes have more than two alleles and are therefore said to have ________.
Traits controlled by two or more genes.
two sets of chromosomes are _______.
A cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes is said to be __________.
the cellular process that results in the number of chromosomes in gamete-producing cells being reduced to one half.
Each chromosome pairs with its corresponding homologouschromosomes to form a structure called a ________.