Genes and Traits Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: dominant : the capital letter in a genotype. the stronger trait, recessive : the lower case letters in a genotype. it is the weaker trait, such as cc is the genotype for the recessive trait of straight hair, homozygous : when both alleles in a genotype are the same, such as both capital gg, or both lower case, gg, traits : we inherit these from our parents genes. they include things like curly hair, eye color, attached earlobes, etc, parents : the two forces that contribute their genes to the offspring they create, pedigree : this is another type of chart which shows the probability of genetic traits of parents offspring, heterozygous : when the alleles in a genotype are mixed, such as gg, or cc, genotype : letter pair of alleles, such as gg, gg, and gg, offspring : the creation that comes from a set of parents, punnett : the name of the square grid used to determine the genotypes of the offspring of a pair of parents, mendel : the augustinian monk who is known as the founder of the science of genetics, phenotype : the word description of a genotype, such as curly hair.