Mendelian Genetics Flashcards
1
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What are Mendel’s three laws of inheritance?
A
Law of Segregation, Law of Independent Assortment and Law of Dominance.
2
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What is ment by Mendel’s first law - Segregation ?
A
Individuals can pass only one allele for a characteristic onto a gamete.
In a hetrozygote, there will be an equal probability of this being either of their two different alleles.
3
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What is ment by Mendel’s second law - Independent Assortment?
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The inheritance of one characteristic will have no effect on the inheritance of another.
This only applies when genes are not linked on the same chromosome.
4
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What is ment by Mendel’s Third Law - Dominance?
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Some alleles are dominant over others.
This means that the dominant allele will always be expressed if present in an animals genome.
