BIOL 1107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Red Color, Meiosis, Dihybrid Cross
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The cell theory describes the basic structure of organisms and the theory of evolution by natural selection clarifies why species change through time. The chromosome theory of inheritance explained how genetic information is transmitted from one generation to the next, this shed light on the fact that organisms process information. Gregor mendel laid the groundwork for this theory through a series of experiments. Heredity factors called genes are located on chromosomes. The chromosome theory launched the study of genetics, the branch that studies the inheritance of traits. Heredity is inheritance or the transmission of traits from parents to offspring. A trait is any characteristic of an individual ranging from height to the primary structure of a particular membrane protein. Blending inheritance: claimed that the traits observed in a mother and father blend together to form the traits observed in their offspring. As a result, an offspring"s traits are intermediate between the mother"s and father"s traits.
