12.1- The Work of Gregor Mendel

12.1- The Work of Gregor Mendel

Key Questions

• Where does an organism get its unique characteristics?

• How are the different forms of a gene distributed to offspring?

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The scientific study of biological inheritance is called

.

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During sexual reproduction, male and female reproductive cells joining a process known as

to produce a new cell.

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is a specific characteristic, like seed color or plant height.

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The offspring of crosses between parents with different contrasting characteristics are called

.

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An individual's characteristics are determined by factors, or

, that are passed from one parental generation to the next

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The different forms of a single gene are called

.

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The principle of

states that someone alleles are dominant and others are recessive

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The separation of alleles is known as

.

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During

formation, the alleles for each gene segregate from each other, so they each carries only one allele for each gene.