EXAM 5 - Chapter 15, Simple Patterns of Inheritance Flashcards
The laws of inheritance were first described by
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel was a
Roman Catholic Monk in Austria-Hungry (1800s)
Lots of experiments…
had been performed and reported prior to Mendel
Mendel, after failing a test…
for a teaching certificate, was sent to the Univ. of Vienna to study math and science
He learned a _______ approach
quantitative
Mendel used…
the ratio of the different types of offspring to predict how genes were inherited
This was before…
a good understanding of Mitosis and Meiosis
didnt know what genes were, Mendel actually discovered Meiosis for the first time
Gene
a section of DNA that codes for a particular trait
Allele
variable form of a gene
for example, white and purple colored, same type but different allele
Homozygous
2 copies of a gene (alleles) in a diploid organism are the SAME
Heterozygous
2 copies of a gene (alleles) in a diploid organism are DIFFERENT
Gentotype
genetic makeup of an individual
Phenotype
physical expression of that genotype
dominant
one allele expressed in a heterozygote
capital letter
recessive
allele not expressed in a heterozygote, only expressed when trait is two copies of recessive
lowercase letter
Mendels Monohybrid cross ..
Tall plants (TT) x Dwarf plants (tt)
(Monohybrid Cross) Parental Genotypes
TT x tt
(Monohybrid Cross) gamete types of each parents
T t
(Monohybrid Cross) means
dealing with one trait at a time
Tall is…short is…
dominant, recessive
The plants are…
diploid, each has TT and tt
(Monohybrid Cross) genotypic ratio…
all heterozygous (Tt)
not rly ratio, would be 1:0 since 100% hetero and 0% anything else
(Monohybrid Cross) phenotypic ratio
all tall
For the punnett sqaure…
outside square = meiosis
inside square = fertilization