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Who was gregor Johann Mendel before he became a scientist?
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-an austrian monk
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What did Gregor mendel study at first?
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The inheritance of traits in pea plants
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What laws did gregor mendel develop?
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The laws of inheritance
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What did Gregor Mendel find from his studies of the plants?
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The plants offspring retained traits from the parents
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What was mendel called after he discovered what he did?
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Father of genetics
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What are the seven useful traits that mendel used when testing his experiment
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Pea traits:
-flower color -seed color -seed shape -pod color pod shape -flower position -plant height |
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Why did mendel use peas?
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- color is easy to tell apart, and can be grown in a small area but produce many offspring
-mature quickly can be cross/self-pollinated |
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How did mendel manage to cross pollinate the peas plants
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-used paintbrush to cross pollinate
-clipped stamens to prevent self-pollination |
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Definition of alleles
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Different forms of a gene
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Definition of "dominant"
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- expressed form of trait (stronger)
(R) |
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Defintion of recessive
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Trait does not show when dominant is present
(r) |
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Definition of trait
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Any characteristic that can be passes from parent to offspring
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Defintion of heredity
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Passing traits from parent to offspring
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Definition of genetics
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Study of heredity
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What is a monohybrid cross
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-a cross involving a single trait
(plant color) |
