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Genetics
inheritance of traits
in pea plants
Developed the laws
of inheritance
Mendel's work was
not recognized until
the turn of the 20th
century
1863, Mendel
cultivated and tested
thousands of pea
plants
He found that the
plants' offspring
retained traits of the
parents
Particulate Inheritance
Mendel stated that
Flower color
Flower position
Seed color
Seed shape
Pod shape
Pod color
Plant height
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/traveling_mendel.htm
The first
generation (F1)
of plants all had
purple flowers.
(Pp)
(Pp)
(Pp)
(Pp)
generation (F2) he
had 3 purple flowered
plants, and 1 white
flowered plant.
PurpleParent (Pp)
(PP)
(Pp)
(Pp)
(pp)
Lets Review
1. If you crossed a truebreeding black rabbit with a
true-breeding white rabbit, all of
the offspring would be black.
Which trait is dominant in
rabbits: black fur or white fur?
2. Which trait is recessive?
Answer
Black Rabbit (BB)
black fur is
dominant over
the trait for
white fur. The
white fur trait
is recessive.
(Bb)
(Bb)
(Bb)
(Bb)
http://www.buckeyevalleyfarms.freeservers.com/photo.html
- different forms of
the same gene
Genes - located on
chromosomes, they control
how an organism develops
Rule of Dominance
The trait that is observed in
Law of Segregation
The two alleles for a trait
Law of Independent
Assortment