Genetics - General Flashcards
1
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What is genetics?
A
- a branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
2
Q
What does genetics try to explain?
A
- both the similarities and differences between parents and their offspring
3
Q
Who was the ‘father of genetics’?
A
- Gregor Mendel
- an Austrian monk
4
Q
What realisation did Mendel have?
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- that ‘something’ is passed on from parent to offspring
- that sexual reproduction combines these ‘somethings’ from each parent
- to produce offspring which are unique, yet the same
5
Q
What are the factors passed from parent to offspring?
A
- genes
