Unit 8 Genetics Crossword

the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
is a mating between two individuals with different alleles at one genetic locus of interest
parents will also pass down a specific phenotypic trait to their offspring
one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
An allele or a gene that is expressed in an organism's phenotype
relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parent
When an individual has two of the same allele, whether dominant or recessive
refers to a pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive
set of genes in our DNA which is responsible for a particular trait. The phenotype is the physical expression
the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment
ancestral line or chart depicting the lineage or descent of an individual
trait associated with a gene that is carried only by the male or female parent
one genetic mechanism giving us a continuous range of possibilities
a form of intermediate inheritance in which one allele for a specific trait is not completely expressed over its paired allele
A condition in which both alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed