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What are deleterious alleles whose phenotype results in significantly
genes and list one reduced fitness of an animal; Dexter cattle - short
example legs
The scientific study of heredity and hereditary
Genetics
variation.
Gregor Mendel is often "Father of Genetics"
referred to as
What plant did Gregor peas
Mendel study?
Why was Mendel more 1. Picked easy organism to experiment
successful than other 2. Picked plant that was diploid
researchers? (what were 3. Picked traits that were simply inherited
they looking for or at 4. Mendel looked at traits separately
differently)
The betterment of an organism;
1. bigger
Define genetic
2. smaller
improvement and list 3
3. faster
examples
4. hairless
5. quicker weight gain
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Who created the term William Batesone
"genetics?'
a DNA molecule composed of RNA and proteins to
What is a chromosome? form a threadlike structure; only visible during
meiosis and mitosis (contains the genes)
What is located on a genes
chromosome?
What is the appearance double helix
of the structure of a DNA
strand?
Genetic material makes up a gene and then makes
Define DNA
up a chromosome
Adenine
List the bases that make Guanine
up DNA Cytosine
Thymine
What DNA bases are Adenine - Thymine
paired together? Cytosine - Guanine
List one dominant trait Dominant - polled
and the corresponding Recessive - horned
recessive trait
Cattle
List one dominant trait Dominant - feathered shanks
and the corresponding Recessive - clean shanks
recessive trait
Chickens
List one dominant trait Dominant - smooth hair
and the corresponding Recessive - curly hair
recessive trait
Horses
List one dominant trait Dominant - wire hair
and the corresponding Recessive - smooth hair
recessive trait
Dogs
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List one dominant trait Dominant - short hair
and the corresponding Recessive - long hair
recessive trait
Cats
List one dominant trait Dominant - small fruit
and the corresponding Recessive - large fruit
recessive trait
Tomato
List pairs of yellow, green
characteristics and the
traits (specific
phenotypes) of each trait
Mendel studied:
Seed color
List pairs of purple, white
characteristics and the
traits (specific
phenotypes) of each trait
Mendel studied:
Flower color
List pairs of round, wrinkled
characteristics and the
traits (specific
phenotypes) of each trait
Mendel studied:
Seed shape
List pairs of green, yellow
characteristics and the
traits (specific
phenotypes) of each trait
Mendel studied:
Pod color
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