Genetics

Gregor Mendel is often called

• The father of heredity
• The father of genetics
• The king of peas

Mendel was the first person to

• Study science
• Learn about DNA and chromosomes
• Keep a record of traits that were passed down from parents to offspring

What are genes

• egments of DNA that carry instructions for traits of an offspring
• something that comes in pairs 
• both A and B are correct. 

What is a phenotype? 

• an organism appearance 
• the both inherited traits
• the DNA

What is genotype?

• formed from both inherited traits
• exact copy of a DNA 
• the chance something might happen

What is the chance that something might happen? 

• percent 
• fraction 
• probability 

What is a plant with either two dominant or two recessive genes called 

• dominant
• homozygous 
• heterozygous 

What is dominant? 

• has two lower case letters
• always has at least one upper case letters 
• purple flower 

What is recessive? 

• Zz
• ZZ
• cc

Brow eyes are recessive to blue eyes. Which represent recessive. 

• BB
• Bb
• bb