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Who is Gregor Mendel?
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a roman catholic monk who discovered how organisms inherit traits
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What is cross-breeding?
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breeding animals from different varieties to produce a breed with traits of both parents
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TRUE OR FALSE:dominant covers recessive traits
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true
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How long were Mendel's theories ignored?
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35 years
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TRUE OR FALSE: humans have 46 pairs of chromosomes
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False. Humans have 46 chromosomes which is 23 pairs.
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How do we indicate a male chromosome?
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XY chromosomes
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How do we indicate a female chromosome?
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X chromosome
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Are genes for the sex-linked characters carried on by the X or Y chromosome?
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the X chromosome
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What are Mendel's factors known as today?
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genes
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