Gregor Mendel: The Father of Genetics

Genetics

The study of heredity and genes that are passed on from the parents to their offspring.

Gregor Mendel

Who proposed the basic understanding of how traits can be inherited through his experiment with pea plants?

Pisum Sativum

What is the scientific name of the common pea plant Gregor Mendel experimented on?

8 years

How many years did Gregor Mendel let the pea plants grow in his garde before experimentation?

1. Different characteristics that are easily observable.

2. Easy to breed and cultivate.

3. Produces new offspring within a short period of time.

Why did Gregor Mendel chose the pea plant for experimentation?

Height, Pod shape, Pod color, Seed shape, Seed color, Flower color, and Flower position

Enumerate the 7 characteristics Gregor Mendel observed in the pea plant

Homozygous or True-breeders

An organism that has 2 identical alleles of a particular trait.

Dominant Trait

The cross produced an offspring that visibly shows the trait of one of its parents. What is this trait called?

Recessive Trait

The trait from the other parent that did not appear is called?

2 Strands

DNA has how many strands?

Adenosine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

Enumerate the 4 nucleotides of DNA.

Adenosine paired with Thymine. Guanine paired with Cytosine

Enumerate the base pairings of DNA.

1990-2003

When did the Human Genome Project started and when did it end?

30 billion nucleotides

How many nucleotides does a person have?

Mendelian and Non-Mendelian

What are the 2 principles that Gregor Mendel proposed?

TT

Homozygous dominant is represented by?

tt

Homozygous recessive is represented by?

Tt

Heterozygous dominant is represented by?

Genes

Are sequences of nucleotides in DNA that serve as the basic physical and functional units of heredity.

Heredity

Is the study of the passing of characeristics or traits.

Adenosine paired with Uracil. Cytosine paired with Guanine

Enumerate the base pairings of RNA.