Heredity Flashcards
1
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Gregor Mendel
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Father of heredity
2
Q
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to do his experiments on pea plants
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Because of their contrasting traits and characteristics
3
Q
Heredity
A
The passing of traits from parents to offspring
4
Q
Pollination
A
Pollen is transferred from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of either that flower or another flower from the same plant
5
Q
Self-pollination
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occurs between flowers on the same plant or parts on the same flower
6
Q
Cross-pollination
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occurs between flowers of 2 plants
7
Q
Recessive traits
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Not expressed unless it occurs in twos
usually masked by dominant
represented by 2 lower case letters
8
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Dominant trait
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Masks other trait
represented by capital letters
