Genetics Word Search
Genetics studies how traits pass from parents to offspring through DNA. Gregor Mendel worked out the basic rules in the 1860s by breeding pea plants in a monastery garden.
Genetics word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- chromosome
- clone
- dna
- dominant
- gene
- heredity
- mutation
- recessive
- trait
- twin
Genetics word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- allele
- chromosome
- clone
- dna
- dominant
- gene
- genome
- helix
- heredity
- hybrid
- mendel
- mutation
- recessive
- trait
- twin
Genetics word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- allele
- carrier
- chromosome
- clone
- dna
- dominant
- gene
- genome
- genotype
- helix
- heredity
- hybrid
- mendel
- mutation
- nucleotide
- pedigree
- phenotype
- recessive
- trait
- twin
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Words in the Genetics word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- dna
- The molecule that stores inherited instructions in living cells.
- gene
- A section of DNA that codes for one trait.
- trait
- A feature such as eye color passed down from parents.
- twin
- One of two children born from the same pregnancy.
- clone
- An organism whose DNA is identical to another one.
- heredity
- The passing of traits from parents to their offspring.
- chromosome
- Humans usually carry forty six of these packaged DNA threads.
- mutation
- A change in a DNA sequence, sometimes harmless.
- dominant
- An allele that shows up even with one copy present.
- recessive
- An allele that shows only when both copies match.
- genome
- The complete set of genetic material in an organism.
- allele
- One of the different versions of the same gene.
- hybrid
- Offspring of two parents with different inherited forms.
- mendel
- Gregor Mendel studied pea plants and founded modern genetics.
- helix
- DNA's twisted ladder shape, known as a double helix.
- genotype
- The particular set of genes an organism carries.
- phenotype
- The traits you can actually observe in an organism.
- pedigree
- A family chart showing how a trait was inherited.
- carrier
- Someone who carries a recessive allele without showing it.
- nucleotide
- A DNA building block made of sugar, phosphate and base.
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