Unlocking the Family Secret: Solve the Mystery of Inheritance

As a detective tasked with solving the mystery of the crossword clue ‘It may be passed down from parent to child‘, my mind immediately went to biology and genetics. The clue suggests that whatever is being passed down from parent to child is something that is inherited genetically. With this in mind, I began brainstorming possible words related to genetics that might fit the clue. The word ‘inheritance‘ immediately came to mind, but it was too long for the available spaces in the crossword puzzle. Then, I thought of ‘chromosome‘, but again, it was too long. Finally, I hit upon the word ‘gene‘. This was the perfect fit for the clue – genes are the units of heredity that are passed down from parent to child and determine a variety of traits, from hair color to susceptibility to certain diseases. With a sense of satisfaction, I filled in the word ‘gene‘ in the crossword puzzle, grateful to have cracked the case of the mysterious clue.