BIOLOGY---ALLELES/MENDEL----APRIL 7, 2022

What did Gregor Mendel study?

• Mold Spores

• Pea Plants

• Sun Flowers

• Rats

What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

Gregor Mendel is known as the father of _________

• Modern Medicine
• Father of the Green Revolution
• Father of Genetics

• The Pea Plant Man

Dominant alleles are written with:

• Upper case always

• Lower case always

Recessive alleles are written with:

• Upper case always

• Lower case always

A segment of DNA that codes for a trait...it is made up of 2 alleles.

• gene

• allele

• chromosome

• chromatid

an observable characteristic

• trait

• gene

• allele

• DNA

This type of allele covers or masks

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• heterozygous

These types of alleles are covered or masked.

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• heterozygous

In pea plants, purple flowers (P) are dominant to white flowers (p). If the offspring is PP, would it be white or purple?

• purple

• white

• homozygous

• heterozygous