inheritance Flashcards
1
Q
who is gregor mendel and what did he do
A
monk who carried out breeding experiments on pea plants
he found that characteristics were passed on and now blended from parents
2
Q
what are alleles
A
different forms of a gene
everyone has 2 alleles one from mother one from father
3
Q
what is a genotype
A
combination of alleles present
4
Q
what is a phenotype
A
the way alleles are expressed
5
Q
what can alleles be
A
dominant or recessive
(dominant = is will be expressed if it’s Bb or BB)
(recessive = it will be expressed its it’s bb)
6
Q
what is homozygous
A
both alleles the same (bb or BB)
7
Q
what is heterozygous
A
2 alleles different (Bb)
