Mendel and Inheritance Flashcards
What can variation be caused by?
Variation can be caused by:
* environmental factors
* genetic factors
* a combination of the two.
Traits which are caused by genetic
factors can be inherited by …
…offspring
The “characteristic” that we see is called the …
…Phenotype
The phenotype of eyes may be…
…blue, green, brown
Some phenotypes are not…
…observed visually
Some phenotypes are not observed visually. They can include
properties such as…
…activity of enzymes. e.g. some people may have a highly active form and some may have a form with low activity.
The phenotype is dependent on…
…genes which code for particular
proteins.
Most phenotypes are affected by…
…multiple genes but some are controlled by single genes.
Each individual has ___ copies of every gene.
Each individual has two copies of every gene.
Each individual has two copies of every gene. These may be the
same…
form or different forms.
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The alleles have a particulate nature. WHat does this mean?
they do not mix and blend together in
the progeny but remain separate
He explained that the reason that the white colour disappeared during the F1
generation was that the allele for purple was…
…‘dominant’ and the allele for white
was ‘recessive’
In genetics we allocate an upper case letter to the…
…dominant trait.
Since the dominant trait is purple, we call the gene responsible for it …
…‘P’
The recessive trait is given the same letter but in…
…lower case
The gene for the recessive trait, white is called…
…‘p’
For the true breeding parent plants, they will have two copies of the …
… same
allele.
Organisms which have two identical alleles, such as these, are said to be…
…homozygous plants (or homozygotes )
Organisms which have two different alleles are said to be …
…heterozygous plants or heterozygotes
Organisms which use sexual reproduction produce…
… gametes which come together
to make the offspring, (sperm and eggs in mammals, pollen and egg cells in
plants).
Gametes are produced by…
… meiosis (two cell divisions, four daughter cells)
Gametes are produced by meiosis (two cell divisions, four daughter cells). So each gamete only contains…
…one allele of each gene.