Biology 117 pt 4

Question 1

who discovered the basics of hereditary?

Answer 1

Gregor Mendel 1865

Question 2

character

Answer 2

any observable feature, or trait, of an organism, whether acquired or inherited

Question 3

trait

Answer 3

specific characteristic of an organism

Question 4

allele

Answer 4

variant form of a gene

Question 5

gene

Answer 5

the basic physical and functional unit of heredity

Question 6

what is a phenotype?

Answer 6

what you see (red bird)

Question 7

what is a genotype?

Answer 7

the alleles (AA)

Question 8

codominance

Answer 8

A red flower and a white flower create a white and red flower

Question 9

incomplete dominance

Answer 9

A red flower and a white flower create a pink flower

Question 10

what is F1, F2 and P?

Answer 10

The parental generation (P) is the first set of parents crossed.
F1 (first filial) generation consists of all the offspring from the parents.
F2 (second filial) generation consists of the offspring from allowing the F1 individuals to interbreed