Mendel- Patterns of Inheritance

Question 1

Mendel’s experiment

Answer 1

• he began pure breeding pea plants

Question 2

What was his hypothesis?

Answer 2

for every trait- 2 governing factors 1 from sperm 1 from egg (called genes)

Question 3

The Law of Dominance

Answer 3

One form of the trait (dominant one) prevents the expression of the other trait (recessive one).

Question 4

What is a gene?

Answer 4

A section of DNA that codes for a specific trait