Genetics and Inheritance Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• diploid: chromosome condition of a cell which has two sets of chromosomes.
• haploid: chromosome condition in which a cell has only a single set of chromosomes.
• co dominance: the type of dominance whereby both alleles are equally dominant.
• heterozygous: individual having two alleles that influence a characteristic in different ways.
• gene: a segment of a chromosome responsible for a particular characteristic.
• meiosis: cell division that leads to the formation of gametes in animals and plants.
• gene mapping: a mapping of all the genes in all the chromosomes of an individual or species.
• homozygous: individual having two alleles that influence a characteristic in the same way.
• phenotype: the physical, external appearance of an organism.
• gregor mendel: the father of genetics.
• mono hybrid cross: a cross showing the inheritance of only one characteristic or trait.
• di hybrid cross: a cross showing the inheritance of two characteristics.
• recessive allele: an allele present in the genotype, but whose expression in the phenotype is masked by the other allele. this allele only shows in the phenotype when there is two of them in the genotype.
• heredity: a segment of a chromosome responsible for a particular characteristic.
• homologous: a pair of identical chromosomes, one of maternal origin and the other of paternal origin are called... chromosomes.
• dna: the double-stranded genetic material of which chromosomes are made.
• geno type: the genetic composition of an individual.
• genes: a set of characteristics that have been passed from parents to offspring.
• genetics: the study of heredity and the variations that occur in the transmission of hereditary characteristics.
• complete: the type of dominance whereby the dominant allele determines the phenotype.
• allele: alternate forms of a gene, found at the same locus, and influencing the same characteristic but in contrasting ways.