Chapter 11 Crossword

Scientific study of heredity
process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form new cells
term used to describe organisms that priduce offspring identical to themselves if allows to self pollinate
specific charecteristic that varies from one indiv. to another
offspring of crosses btw parents with different traits
sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus detrmines a trait
one of a number of different forms of a gene
seperation of alleles during gamete formation
specialized cell involved in sexual repreduction
likelihood that a particular event will occur
diagram showing the gene combinations that might result from a gentic cross
term used to refer to an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular trait
term used to referto an organism that has 2 “different” alleles for the same trait
physical charectersitscs of an organism
genetic makeup of an organism
independant segregationduring the formation of gametes
situation in which one is not completleydominant over another
situation in which both alleles of a gene contribute to the phenotype of the organism
three or more alleles of the same gene
triat controlled by two or more genes
each have a coresponding chrmosome from the opposite sex parent
a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromososmes
a clel that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes
process by whcih the number of chromosomes cell is cut in half thru the seperation of homologous chrosomes in a diplod cell
structure containing 4 chromatids that forms during meiosis
process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis
diagram showing the relative locations of each known gene on a particular chromosome