genetics
BiologyGenetics terms: allele, genotype, phenotype, gamete, heterozygous, codominance, polygenic traits, Punnett square, and independent assortment.
This biology crossword has 20 clues. Select a numbered square, read the matching clue, and type the answer. Crossing letters help confirm each word. You can print a worksheet or make your own crossword from a custom word list.
Horizontal Words
- number that reflects the chance of likelihood (11)
- the study of heredity (8)
- two or more forms of gene that come from a mutation (6)
- two alleles for each trait (11)
- basic principle (23)
- a characteristic of a person (5)
- an organism expressed physical traits (9)
- two identical versions (10)
- states that in heterozygote is one trait that is concealed by another trait (22)
- heredity transferred from parent to offspring (4)
- the offspring of two plants or animals (6)
Vertical Words
- relationship between two versions of genes (11)
- three or more alternative or allelic forms of a gene that exist in a population (16)
- genetic makeup of an organism (8)
- traits that are controlled by multiple genes instead of just one (16)
- a square diagram that is composed in a grid (14)
- are formed through meiosis (6)
- an individual organism that carries different or non-different alleles (12)
- the action of fertilizing a female egg (13)
- is a pattern of inheritance or a condition in which both all of gene expressed (20)
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