Inheritance Flashcards
1
Q
What did Mendel work out?
A
The main principles of inheritance in the 19th century.
2
Q
What did Mendel study?
A
Inheritance in pea plants.
3
Q
What did Mendel notice?
A
Certain characteristics that were shown by 2 pea plants were not always shown in their offspring.
4
Q
What happened when Mendel crossed offspring together?
A
Characteristics sometimes reappeared in the next generation.
5
Q
What did Mendel carry out?
A
Thousands of crosses with pea planet and he found that many characteristics were inherited in predictable patterns.
6
Q
What idea did Mendel propose?
A
Separately inherited factors.
7
Q
What does each individual inherit?
A
A set of factors from each of their parents.
8
Q
Why weren’t Mendel’s discoveries recognised until after his death? 3
A
- published work in obscure journal
- DNA, chromosomes and genes were not yet discovered
- people could not accept the link between plants and humans
