Every person looks different because of genes given to us by our parents. Bacteria are simple but can multiply and make exact copies of them selves. They do this by using their chromosome it contains all the information the need. All this information is referred to as genes they all look the same because there is only one parent therefore there is only one set of genes being given. Unlike the bacteria we have two parents giving us two sets of genes making us each look different. Gregor Mendel knew this and decided to work with seven characteristics of a pea plant to learn more. He observed that the green pea plants were recessive (meaning less likely of the genes) and the yellow pea plants were dominant (meaning common). It’s the same thing with your eye color or hair color you are more likely to have brown hair brown eyes than blonde hair blue eyes because the color brown is a dominant gene where the blonde and blue are recessive. Between 1856 and 1863 Mendel cultivated and tested 29,00 pea plants. His studies showed that one in four pea plants had purebred recessive alleles, two out of four were hybrid and one out of four were purebred dominant. At the time his work was criticized, but is now
Every person looks different because of genes given to us by our parents. Bacteria are simple but can multiply and make exact copies of them selves. They do this by using their chromosome it contains all the information the need. All this information is referred to as genes they all look the same because there is only one parent therefore there is only one set of genes being given. Unlike the bacteria we have two parents giving us two sets of genes making us each look different. Gregor Mendel knew this and decided to work with seven characteristics of a pea plant to learn more. He observed that the green pea plants were recessive (meaning less likely of the genes) and the yellow pea plants were dominant (meaning common). It’s the same thing with your eye color or hair color you are more likely to have brown hair brown eyes than blonde hair blue eyes because the color brown is a dominant gene where the blonde and blue are recessive. Between 1856 and 1863 Mendel cultivated and tested 29,00 pea plants. His studies showed that one in four pea plants had purebred recessive alleles, two out of four were hybrid and one out of four were purebred dominant. At the time his work was criticized, but is now