This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Genetics & DNA has 21 clues. Answers range from 3 to 19 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A genetically determined characteristic
The set of information that controls a trait, a segment of DNA on a chromosome
An inherited trait that results from the expression of the dominant allele over the recessive allele
The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different sexes
The reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent.(cloning)
The genetic constitution of an individual organism
The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment
A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes
A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule that carries most of the genetic instructions used in the development, functioning and reproduction of all know living organisms and many viruses
A pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis, especially that in the structure of the DNA molecule
The process by which humans use animals breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotype traits
The two twentieth-century biologists who discovered the double helix of DNA
A genetically determined characteristic
Is the phenotypic expression of an allele related to the sex chromosome of the individual
Having two different alleles for a trait
Different forms of a gene
A cell with half of the normal chromosomes
Having two identical alleles for a trait
A genetic trait that results from the expression of the two recessive alleles
A tool to show all possible allelic combinations of gametes in a cross of parents with known genotypes in order to predict the probability of their offspring possessing certain sets of alleles