The Work of Gregor Mendel
Genetics
Define genetics
List 5 interesting facts about
Gregor Mendel.
What is the reproductive
organ of a pea plant?
How is reproduction in plants
different from reproduction in
animals?
What does it mean to be truebreeding?
How is cross-pollination
different from self-pollination?
What do we call the product
(offspring ) of crosspollination?
How did Mendel insure that
the plants would reproduce by
cross-pollination?
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Section 11.1 pages 263 – 266
Name 5 reasons why pea
plants were a good organism
for Mendel to study?
Define trait and give an
example of a trait in pea
plants.
Differentiate between the P,
F1 and F2 generation.
If you represent the F2
generation in your family, then
who is your P generation?
Define hybrid.
Distinguish between a gene, a
trait and an allele.
State the principle of
dominance.
How did Mendel figure out the
principle of dominance – what
did he do?
When you think of the word
segregation, what comes to
mind?
What happened when Mendel
allowed the F1 to selfpollinate?
What did Mendel realize
happened to the alleles in the
F1?
What is the process of gamete
formation called (review!)?
Where must be the two allele
be found – what do we call
those things … you get one
from your mom and one from
your dad
If a plant is true-breeding for
tall, what are its two alleles?
Knowing that tall is dominant
over short…
If a plant is hybrid tall, what
are its two alleles?
Use figure 11-5 to explain the
process of segregation.
Summarize what you learned
from this section (use a
minimum of 4 sentences)