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Explain the relationship between traits and heredity
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Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to offspring
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Describe the experiments of Gregor Mendel
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He got 2 true breeders, the P1 generation (in pea plants), with a different trait of the same characteristic and had them self-pollinate to make the F1 generation. Their offspring was the F2 generation.
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Why did Mendel use peas for his experiment?
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He was familiar with them, they grow quickly, they can cross and self pollinate, and they have many characteristics.
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Explain the difference between dominant and recessive traits
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Dominant traits appear in the F1 generation, recessive in F2
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What is a true breeder?
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a plant that can be self pollinated and have an offspring with the same characteristics.
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Explain the difference between homozygous and heterozygous.
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Homozygous has the same alleles, heterozygous doesn't
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Distinguish between self and cross pollination
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Self pollination is when the plant pollinates another flower on another plant. Cross pollination is when on plant fertilizes a completely different plant.
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