
Mendel & Genetics vocab
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What did Gregor Mendel study in the mid-1800s that led to the science of genetics?
Why was his choice of a particular plant ideal for Mendel's experiments?
How did Mendel control pollination for his experiments?
What did Mendel's investigation with pea plants unveil about heredity?
What was the result of cross-pollinating purple and white-flowered pea plants in Mendel's experiments?
When did Mendel's work start to gain recognition?
What is the locus of a gene on a chromosome?
According to the Law of Segregation, how many copies of a gene does an organism have?
What are different versions of a gene at the same locus called in genetics?
What does an organism's genotype consist of?
What is an organism with two different alleles called?
What determines an organism's characteristics?
the weaker trait from which is usually over powered when a dominate trait is present in the organismâs DNA, represented by lower case letters
the stronger trait form which will usually over power other trait forms represented by capital letters
the organismâs characteristics, is determined by the expression of the allele combination.