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Title: Introduction to Genetics


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Chapter 9
  • Introduction to Genetics

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  • Heredity is the passing on of traits from parent
    to offspring through biological inheritance.
  • Genetics is the study of heredity.

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Gregor Mendel
  • Mendel was an Austrian monk who had studied
    science in college and developed the modern
    theory of genetics.
  • Mendel is considered the father of genetics.
  • He studied inheritance using pea plants at his
    monastery.

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  • Mendel determined that pea plants can reproduce
    through both self-pollination and
    cross-pollination.
  • Mendel used these forms of reproduction to
    conduct his experiments.
  • Before he could start the experiments he had to
    develop purebred pea plants.

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  • Purebred pea plants are those that if
    self-pollinated, would produce offspring that
    would be identical to each other.
  • Mendel used the purebred pea plants to examine a
    few selected traits.
  • Traits are characteristics that can be observed.
  • Hybrids are produced by crossing parents with
    different characteristics.

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Homework
  • Define the terms from Section 1 listed on page
    201. Start with gene and end with independent
    assortment. Use the chapter to define the words,
    not the glossary in the back of the book.
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