Genetics Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| The passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring | Heredity |
| A quality or characteristic | Trait |
| Two parent's child or creation | Offspring |
| A segment of DNA that controls a trait | Gene |
| The different forms of a gene (ex for eye color gene, allele would be brown eyes) | Alleles |
| The scientific study of heredity | Genetics |
| An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present | Recessive Allele |
| One whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present | Dominant Allele |
| An organism who has two identical alleles for a trait | Homozygous |
| An organism who has two different alleles for a trait | Heterozygous |
| An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations | Genotype |
| An organism's physical appearance or visible traits | Phenotype |
| An abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes | Genetic Disorder |
| A person who has one recessive allele for a trait but does not have the trait | Carrier |
| The transfer of a gene from the DNA of one organism into another organism in order to produce an organism with desired traits | Genetic Engineering |
| A chart that shows all possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross | Punnett Square |
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