Gregor Mendel Flashcards
What University did Mendel attend?
University of Vienna
Physical characteristics of an organism
Traits
The passing of traits from parents to offspring
Heredity
What is “genetics”?
The scientific study of heredity
What type of plants did mendel study?
Pea plants
What would the genotype be for the tall parent in the P generation?
TT
What would the genotype be for the short plant in the F2
generation?
tt
What is the genotype of all plants in the F1 generation?
Tt
The factors tha control traits in an organism
genes
The different forms of a gene
alleles
example: brown or blue eye color
A trait that always shows when present in an organism
BB or Bb
Dominant trait (allele)
The trait that only appears when there is no dominant allele present
“bb” or “tt”
Recessive trait
The symbol used to represent a dominant allele
capital letter
The symbol used to represent a recessive allele
lowercase letter
What is Gregor Mendel’s nickname
the “Father of Genetics”
