Magnificent Mendel

Who is the Father of Genetics?

• George Mendel

• Gregor Mendel

• Gregor McCourt

Passing on traits from parents to offspring is known as

• Heredity

• Traits

• Codominance

• Alleles

Characteristics that are inherited are known as

• Traits

• Skills

• Bequeathments

What were some of the traits that Mendel studied? Select all that apply

• Pea Color

• Pea Height

• Flower Color

• Plant Weight

Terminal and Axial refer to which trait?

• Bud Location

• Plant Height

• Flower Color

• Pea Pod Texture

What did Mendel not know about?

• Chromosomes

• DNA

• Traits

• Computers

What specifically gives us our traits?

• Chromosomes

• DNA

• Chance

Each organism has ____ copies of a gene that controls each trait.

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 6

What is a segment of DNA (info) that controls a trait?

• chromosome

• gene

• alleles

• DNA

Alleles are...

• different forms of genes

• segments of DNA

• instructions to make proteins

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