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Who was the father of Genetics?
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Mendel
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Was Mendel the first to quantify his genetic results?
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Yes
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What were Mendel's two main skills?
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1)Knowledge of Probability
2)Agriculture (farm boy) |
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What was the plant that Mendel used with his studies?
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Pisum Sativum (common pea plant)
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Why did Mendel choose the pea plant to do experiments? (4 reasons - scientifically speaking)
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1)It is self fertilizing
2)Has both male/female parts 3)Male parts easily removed - easily cross fertilized 4)True breeding species - allelles are identical |
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Why did Mendel choose the pea plant to do experiments? (3 reasons - socially speaking)
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1)Easy to grow
2)You can eat them when done 3)Socially acceptable |
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What is monohybrid cross?
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When you study only one trait at a time
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What did Mendel call what we call "genes"?
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"elementes"
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What is homozygous?
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Both allelles for the trait are the same
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What is Heterozygous?
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The allelles for a trait are different
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What is the dominant trait?
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The allelle that masks another allelle's affect
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What is the recessive trait?
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The allelle that can be masked by another more dominant allelle
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What is a genotype?
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The letter combination of a trait (ex: Aa, aa, AA, etc.)
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What is a phenotype?
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The actual characteristic that you see from a trait (ex: big, tall, red, etc.)
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