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1
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A physical characteristics that is passed from parents to their babies, or offspring

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Inherited traits

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The passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring

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Heredity

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He is born in Czech Republic

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Gregor Mendel

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What year does Gregor Mendel born

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1822

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What is the full name of Gregor Mendel

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Gregor Johann mendel

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He studied the inheritance of traits in pea plants

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Gregor mendel

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He is the father of genetics

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Gregor Mendel

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Why Mendel chose pea plants for his experiment

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  1. The flowers for pea plant are bisexual
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Why Gregor Mendel chose pea plants for his experiment

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  1. They are self pollinating, thus, self and cross pollination can easily be performed
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Why Gregor Mendel chose pea plants for his experiment

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  1. The different physical characteristics were easy to recognize and study
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Why Gregor Mendel chose pea plants for his experiment

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  1. Pea plants have short life span and are easier to maintain
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12
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Each trait is controlled by 2 factors

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Law of dominance

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What is expressed

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Dominant

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14
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Masked in presence of dominant

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Recessive

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15
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Each allele separates into different gametes

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Law of segregation

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Gene pairs (homologous) will separate randomly into gametes during meiosis

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Law of independent assortment

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A heritable factor that controls a specific characteristic

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Gene

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Alternative forms of gene

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Allele

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The trait we see (expressed with capital letter A)

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Dominant

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Trait that is masked (expressed with lower case letter, a)

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Recessive

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The genetic makeup of a cell, an organism, or an individual that contributes to it’s phenotype

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Genotype

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Are the observable and measurable characteristic of an organism

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Phenotype

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P1 or P

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Parents

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F1

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1st filial generation offspring

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F2

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2nd Filial generation offspring

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The cross uses one trait from two parent organisms

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Monohybrid cross

27
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Was made after he crossed two traits at the same time

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THIRD LAW

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Used by Mendel to explain how two pairs of genes assort into gametes

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Dihybrid cross

29
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All show the dominant trait of the two characters

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F1 generation

30
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Show four combinations of traits in a 9:3:3:1 ratio

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F2 generation

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