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The two alleles for a gene separate during gamete formation, so each gamete receives one allele.
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LAWOFSEGREGATION - 2 Down
The children or young produced by parents.
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OFFSPRING - 3 Down
Father of genetics
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MENDEL - 4 Down
the passing of genetic information from parents to their offspring
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HEREDITY - 5 Down
the physical or detectable traits of an organism
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PHENOTYPE - 6 Across
having two different alleles for a gene being considered
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HETEROZYGOUS - 6 Down
having two identical alleles for a gene being considered
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HOMOZYGOUS - 7 Across
An organism that inherits two different alleles for a particular gene.
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HYBRID - 8 Down
a characteristic of a trait, or of the allele associated with that trait, in which the trait is expressed even if only one copy of the allele is present
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DOMINANT - 9 Across
An inheritance pattern in which both alleles are fully expressed, such as blood type AB.
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CODOMINANCE - 10 Across
the particular alleles present in an organism for a character or set of characters
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GENOTYPE - 11 Across
a segment of DNA that directs the development of some inherited traits
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GENE - 12 Down
The study of heredity.
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GENETICS - 13 Across
a grid used to predict the results of genetic crosses
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PUNNETTSQUARE - 14 Down
A reproductive cell, such as sperm or egg, that contains half the usual number of chromosomes.
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GAMETE - 15 Across
An allele that is expressed only when two recessive copies are present in a simple dominant-recessive pattern.
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RECESSIVE - 16 Across
the specific observable form of a character, such as tall for height, pink for flower color, or smooth for seed texture
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TRAIT - 17 Across
The joining of sperm and egg cells to produce a new organism's first cell.
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FERTILIZATION - 18 Across
a specific form of a gene
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ALLELE - 19 Across
Cell division that reduces chromosome number
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MEIOSIS