1.Mendel’s Laws Of Heredity Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, carried out important studies of heredity. Characteristics that are inherited are called traits. Mendel was…

1.Understandinginher itance2. What controls traits?• Mendel concluded that two factors control each trait.• He also concluded that they can be dominant or recessive.•…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Gregor Mendel Austrian monk Born in 1822 In monastery known for research and teaching After his death (1884) acknowledgment of his discoveries in…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 I.Introductory Definitions A.Heredity: passing traits from parents to offspring B.Genetics: study of heredity C.Chromosomes:rod-shaped,…

Slide 1 Mendel and the Laws of Inheritance Biology Dobson High School Hope Finzer Slide 2 Who was Gregor Mendel? Austrian monk and scientist His work marks the start of modern…

Slide 1 Human Genetics Slide 2 We are all a combination of genes and traits from our parents. Slide 3 Some human traits are dominant and recessive, just like Mendel’s pea…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Genetics What is genetics? study of inherited traits What is heredity? passing of traits from parents to offspring What is a trait? feature an organism can…

Slide 1 Plan for the Day  Seating Chart & Group Cards  Notes: Introduction Genetics  Activity: Class Trait Variation  Exit Ticket: In class assessment …

This situation is referred to as pleiotropy, and it has been identified in a wide ran species, even humans. During his study of inheritance in pea plants, interesting observations…

The Chromosomal Basis of Mendelâs Laws Mendelâs âprinciple of segregationâ a.pairs of genes on homologous chromosomes separate during gamete formation (meiosis) and end…