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A summary of the IEB Grade 12 Biology Genetics and Inheritance chapter - covering Gregor Mendel, Genes, Genetic Crosses and Variation, Sex Chromosomes, Pedigrees, Mutations, Chromosome Aberrations, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (including the plasmid method), Cloning and the differences between Mitochondrial DNA and DNA

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thetendencyforthecharacteristicsofparentstobepassedtotheiroffspringiscalled
heredity

thescienceofgeneticsstudies
how
these anddifferenceshappens
s imilarities



andalleles
GenesDominantrecessive



are
characteristicsinherited both
from m other father

these foundatthe
g enesare same orlocusonhomologouschromosomes
p osition

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forms
alternative onhomologouschromosomes
locus
same
homozygous are
alleles b t
oth hes ame iebblBB
heterozygous aredifferentieBb
alleles



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theallelesfor
the characteristics


phenotype isthedescriptionofphysicalcharacteristicsasaresultofthegenotype

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shows inthe w
phenotype henit inahomozygous heterozygouscondition
occurs


a alleleisshown
recessive
withlowercaseletters

not in
shown the when
phenotype
it inheterozygouscondition onlyhomozygousrecessive
occurs



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Mendel father


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thefirstbreakthroughinunderstandingnowcharacteristicswereinherited
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with
started pure p lants
breeding
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homozygous
foranycharacteristic
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other
each onecharacteristic iehomozygoustanxhomozygous
short

hethenselfpollinatedthefirstgenerationtoproducethesecondgeneration




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only infoi.eshort
appeared




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meiosis meiosis
gametes T T t t gametes T t t t

fertilization
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