Genetics 6.3 Vocab Practice

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Study of biological inheritance

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genetics

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Gregor Mendel is known as the father of __________

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Genetics

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Gregor Mendel studied:

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Pea Plants

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Why were pea plants ideal for studying heredity?

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One gene controlled one trait (i.e., it was simple).

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Not an inherited trait of humans:

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Favorite type of music

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Heredity is the passing of traits from ___ to ___

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parents to offspring

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Study of heredity: _____

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genetics

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Traits passed from parents to offspring is called _____

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heredity

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Mendel used pea plants to study heredity because they _____ quickly.

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reproduce

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Inherited characteristic?

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hair color