What is genetics? - ANSWER Genetics is the scientific study of heredity.
Who is Gregor Mendel? - ANSWER Gregor Mendel was a priest who's hobby was
studying plant traits (pea plants)
Describe Mendel's experiments. What did he discover? - ANSWER Mendel looked at
the traits of pea plants. He crossed two purebred plants and found in the first generation all
were tall. In the second generation one was short and three were tall.
What is a trait? - ANSWER Traits are a characteristic that an organism can pass on to
their offspring through its genes.
What is a gene? - ANSWER Genes are the set of information that controls a trait; a
segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.
Where are genes located? - ANSWER Genes are located on your DNA.
What are alleles? - ANSWER Alleles are the different forms of genes.
What is a dominant allele? How are dominant alleles written? - ANSWER A dominant
allele is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. It is
written XX or Xx.
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Who is Gregor Mendel? - ANSWER Gregor Mendel was a priest who's hobby was
studying plant traits (pea plants)
Describe Mendel's experiments. What did he discover? - ANSWER Mendel looked at
the traits of pea plants. He crossed two purebred plants and found in the first generation all
were tall. In the second generation one was short and three were tall.
What is a trait? - ANSWER Traits are a characteristic that an organism can pass on to
their offspring through its genes.
What is a gene? - ANSWER Genes are the set of information that controls a trait; a
segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.
Where are genes located? - ANSWER Genes are located on your DNA.
What are alleles? - ANSWER Alleles are the different forms of genes.
What is a dominant allele? How are dominant alleles written? - ANSWER A dominant
allele is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. It is
written XX or Xx.
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