1. Genetics Gregor Mendel – “___________________”
Austrian Monk in the Czech Republic
Mendel worked in the ________________
Mendel worked with _________________
Mendel studied the ___________________ of pea plants
Mendel observed the ___________________________________
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2. Genetics
Genetics: ______________________________________________________
Heredity: ________________________________________________________________________
Traits: ________________________________________________________________________
Example: the pea plant’s seed shape, color, height, flower position
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3. 3 reasons why Mendel studied genetics
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3 reasons why Mendel studied genetics
He selected the pea because of its _________________. Example: flower color, seed color, seed shape
He knew from prior experiments that ____________________________________________
Pea Plant was ___________
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5. Pea Plant Traits
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6. Pea Plant Flower
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7. Mendelian Genetics
Fertilization: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
True-Breeding: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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8. Mendel’s Experiment
Gregor Mendel studied garden peas. Pea plants are usually self-pollinating.
Self-pollination: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
These self-pollinating pea plants produced ________________________________________________________________________________
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9. · What Mendel found was that all the offspring were _____
Mendel wanted to see what would be the offspring of a tall pea plant X with a short (dwarf) pea plant.
TT (Tall)  x tt (Short)
·    This is called a monohybrid cross ______________________________________________
 ·    Mendel expected to find all the offspring to be of medium height (a blending of tall and short plants.)
·    What Mendel found was that all the offspring were _____
·    Mendel concluded that we have _________ (called (____) that control each trait. 
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    _____________________________________________ (alleles).  Example: tall and short
TT (Tall)  x tt (Short)
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11. Mendel’s Monohybrid Cross
Mendel concluded that we have two factors (called (_______) that control each trait.   
·    Each of these genes can be expressed in different forms (________).  Example: tall and short
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12. Genetic Terms Gene – ____________________________________
Allele – ___________________________________
Dominant allele – ______________________________________________________________________________
Recessive allele – _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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13. Laws of Genetics
Law of independent assortment – ____________________________________________________________________________________
Law of segregation – __________________________________________________________________________________________
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14. Laws of Genetics
Law of dominance – ______________________________________________________________________
Probability – ______________________________________________________________________
Punnet Square – _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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15. Laws of Genetics
Monohybrid cross – ____________________________________________________________________________________
Dihybrid cross- ____________________________________________________________________________________
Test cross – ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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16. Laws of Genetics
Complete dominance: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
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