3.1 Mendel and His Peas Flashcards
the passing of traits from parents to offspring
Heredity
has both male and female reproductive structures
self-pollinating plant
self pollinates, all of its offspring will have the same trait as the parent
true-breeding plant
is the pollination from one plant fertilizes the ovule of a flower on a different plant
cross-pollination
a feature that has different forms in a population
characteristics
the different forms of characteristics
trait
the trait that always appeared in the first generation
dominant trait
the trait that fades over time
recessive trait
the offspring from two very different things
first-generation plants
a relationship between two different numbers that is often expressed as a fraction
ratio