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Gregor Mendel |
- Monk at a monastery in Austria - Experimented with pea plants in 1856 |
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What important ratio was found experimenting with pea plants? |
3:1 Ratio |
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How was the 3:1 ratio found? |
First crossing TallxShort and then TallxTall. Mendel found that there would be 3 tall and 1 short every time. |
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What did Mendel prove? |
Each plant receives inherited traits, and the dominant one is what is expressed |
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What principles did Mendel's work lead too? |
- Segregation - Independent assortment |
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What connection was later made with Mendel's work? |
Sutton and Boveri made a connection in 1902 with their studies in chromosomes |
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What was the connection made with chromosomes and Mendel's work? |
Chromosomes are what carry the traits (genes) that were being studied by Mendel. Mendel showed the process of which what the chromosomes were doing and how they work |
