Test one Flashcards
what is genetics
the study of heredity or the study of biological information
what do we use as our experimental model organism
Drosophila melanogaster
what is the life cycle of a drosophila
embryo first instar larva second instar larva third instar larva pupa adult
what on a virgin will you find on their abdomen
meconium
what principles of genetic did Mendel discover
law of segregation
law of independent assortment
what was the first scientist to combine data collection, analysis, and theory to discover the basic principles of genetics
gregor mendel
why did mendel use peas in his experiment
breeding could be done by cross fertilization or selfing
large # of progeny in short period of time
traits remained constant in crosses within a line
what determines traits
genes
one from mother
one from father
each gene comes in alternative forms which are called
alleles
what is a phenotype
an observable characteristic
what is a genotype
a pair of alleles in an individual
what is an homozygote
two identical alleles
what is a heterozygote
two different alleles
what are the parent phenotypes of a hybrid cross
one is homo dom and homo recess
what is the F1 phenotype of a hybrid cross
all one phenotype
hetero dom
what is a simple way to visualize the segregation and random union of alleles
punnett square
what can reveal an unknown genotype
a testcross
in a monohybrid what is the ratio of phenotypes for the F1 progeny
3:1