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.