(GMN) Mendel's Law of Genetics Lesson
Mendels Law
Just as Mendel did, you will also discover how mathematics and probability can predict the traits of future offspring
Genetics vs Heredity
Let's talk about traits.
Mendel's Work
Click through the presentation to learn about Mendel’s work, as well as scientific vocabulary words used in the study of genetics.
Mendel's Law of Genetics Challenge and Before You Go
Practice Time! Use the knowledge you learned from the lesson to complete the practice activities below.
Before You Go - You Need To Know
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Who was Gregor Mendel?
- He was a monk who studied inheritance patterns using pea plants. He is known as the Father of Genetics.
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What is the difference between homozygous and heterozygous?
- Homozygous means both the same (both dominant or both recessive), while heterozygous means different (one dominant and one recessive gene)
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What are Mendel’s 3 principles?
- Principle of Dominance and Recessiveness: one factor in a pair may mask the effect of the other
- Principle of Segregation: 2 factors for a characteristic separate during meiosis (formation of egg and sperm cells)
- Principle of Independent Assortment: factors for different characteristics are distributed to reproductive cells independently
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