BIOL 1001 Lecture : Bio 1001 - Ch.10 Patterns Of Heredity Notes
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Father of genetics johann (gregor) mendel. He was a monk who was trained in science at the university of vienna. The realization that both parents contributed to the characteristics of offspring preceded the work of mendel. Modern genetics began with mendel, and led to the replacement of the blending theory with the particulate theory of heredity. Mendel developed his theory from the study of the variation of garden peas: why peas, many different traits. Traits the variants of an inheritable feature. The flower of the pea plant normally undergo self-fertilization: pollen and eggs come from the same flower hybridized (cross-fertilized) Mendel started his experiments with true-breeding plant varieties which he. True-breeding varieties in with self-fertilization leads to offspring which are the same type as parent. Terminology for breeding (genetics) experiments: p generation = parents, f1 generation = hybrid offspring of the p generation, f2 generation = offspring produced via self-pollination of f1 generation.
