Origin of Genetics (Leaving Cert Biology): Flashcards
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Father of genetics
Father of genetics
Gregor Mendel
Organism Mendel studied
Organism Mendel studied
Pea plants
Number of characteristics Mendel studied in pea plants
Number of characteristics Mendel studied in pea plants
Seven
Number of inheritance laws Mendel formulated
Number of inheritance laws Mendel formulated
Two
Name of Mendel's First Law
Name of Mendel's First Law
The Law of Segregation
What Mendel's 'factors' are called today
What Mendel's 'factors' are called today
Alleles
Definition of allele
Definition of allele
A different form of the same gene
How alleles occur in cells
How alleles occur in cells
In pairs
Name of Mendel's Second Law
Name of Mendel's Second Law
The Law of Independent Assortment
Process halving alleles during gamete formation
Process halving alleles during gamete formation
Meiosis
Gametes from genotype TtPp
Gametes from genotype TtPp
TP, Tp, tP, tp
How different traits are inherited (Law 2)
How different traits are inherited (Law 2)
Independent of each other