Lesson 5 - Mendel's Experiment Flashcards
1
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who first studied how traits are inherited
A
gregor mendal
2
Q
why was a pea plant chosen as a study organism
A
- matured quickly
-sex organs inclosed in the plant - usually self pollinating
3
Q
mendel’s experiment
A
started every experiment with plants that were true breeding for a trait but showed a different form of the trait, he called this the P generation and the offspring the F1 generation, these experiments were called monohybrid crosses because only one trait was watched at a time, he studied a total of seven traits.
4
Q
law of segregation
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there must be two hereditary factors for each trait. those factors are called alleles
5
Q
genotype
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combination of alleles for a characteristic
6
Q
phenotype
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physical description
7
Q
homozygous
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same alleles
8
Q
heterozygous
A
different alleles
9
Q
dominant
A
main, upper case letter
10
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recessive
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secondary/hidden, lower case letter
