Introduction to Genetics Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• allele: the version of the gene that is present. each person has two of these for each gene, one from each parent.
• chromosome: each human cell contains 23 pairs of these
• dna: this double helix protein contains genetic instructions
• genotype: this refers to the genetic makeup of an individual.
• gene: a part of dna that carries the information needed to make a protein. people inherit one copy of each from their mother and one copy from their father.
• diploid: the condition of having two sets of chromosomes per cell (
• recessive: when parents can pass a disease on to their children, but do not have the disease themselves the parent has a(n) _ disease.
• carrier: a heterozygous individual not expressing a recessive trait but capable of passing it on to its offspring
• phenotype: relating to how a person looks or how a person's body functions.
• gamete: a haploid (n) sex cell in plants and animals (egg or sperm)
• genomics: the study of all of the genetic material in an organism.