Slide 1Review Slide 2   The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called ______. Slide 3   heredity Slide 4   The different forms of a trait that…

Slide 1 Quantitative genetics: traits controlled my many loci Key questions: what controls the rate of adaptation? Example: will organisms adapt to increasing temperatures…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Genetics: all the rage in bio One of the fastest changing fields in biology People started studying it back to ancient Greece but they were limited to PHENOTYPE:…

Slide 1 1. Multiple alleles (more than 2 alleles for gene in population) Example: Blood Groups Karl Landsteiner 1900’s Chromosome 9 I gene Modified Mendelian Ratios Ch.…

Slide 1 Chapter 10 Review Meiosis and Mendelian Genetics Slide 2 Define: meiosis A type of cell division that produces gametes; reduces chromosome number by half Slide 3…

Slide 1 GENETICS VOCABULARY Slide 2 WHAT IS HEREDITY? The passing down of genes from parent to offspring Slide 3 What are genes? Segment of DNA Determines a trait Trait is…

Slide 1Genetics and the Work of Gregor Mendel Slide 2 Gregor Mendel Modern genetics began in the mid-1800’s in an abbey garden, where a monk named Gregor Mendel documented…

Slide 1Dominant, Recessive, Heterozygous, Homozygous  Catalyst:  Toby has a deep voice. Is this genotype or phenotype? HOW DO YOU KNOW?  Paula has one allele for…

Slide 1Genetics Slide 2 Heredity – characteristics inherited from parents to offspring through genes Genetics - The study of genes and heredity Slide 3 Traits Characteristics…

Slide 1Genetics & Heredity Mr. Nigh Slide 2 Who was Gregor Mendel? Slide 3 Austrian monk who studied mathematics and science As a boy he could predict the possible types…