Slide 1 Slide 2 Introduction to Genetics Chapter 11 Slide 3 Genetics, the study of heredity, is a broad area of science that encompasses many of today's fastest-growing…

Slide 1 I. Gregor Mendel “father of genetics” Slide 2 a. Inheritance Theory Prior to Mendel 1. Traits “blended” Trait: characteristics to be passed from parent to…

END OF SECTION * * photo credit: W. Perry Conway/CORBIS * * To cross-pollinate pea plants, Mendel cut off the male parts of one flower and then dusted it with pollen from…

END OF SECTION Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall * photo credit: W. Perry Conway/CORBIS * * To cross-pollinate pea plants, Mendel cut off the male parts of one flower and then…

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