Mendel

Question 0

What three important conclusions did he reach?

Answer 0

1. Characteristics in plants are determined by “hereditary units”
2. Hereditary units are passed on from both parents
3. Hereditary units can be dominant or recessive

Question 1

What did he do?

Answer 1

Genetic experiments with pea plants. He tested to see which characteristics would be passed on

Question 2

If a person has a dominant and a recessive gene, which will show?

Answer 2

Dominant

Question 3

Do you use upper case letters or lower case letters for dominant genes?

Answer 3

Upper case