Mendelian Genetics Flashcards
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Why was the garden pea a good organism to experiment with?
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Readily available
Short generation time
Large number of progeny
Usually breeds by self-pollination (true breeding)
Easy to manipulate (cross)
2
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What did Mendel conclude from his experiments?
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Alternative versions of a gene causes variation - alleles
An organism inherits two alleles, one from each parent
Alleles may be dominant or recessive
Alleles segregate during gamete production
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What was Mendel’s first law?
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The principle of segregation
4
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What is a testcross?
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Cross a heterozygote to an individal that is homozygous for the recessive allele
5
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What was Mendel’s second law?
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The principle of independent assortment
Alleles of different genes segregate independently of each other
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