LAWS OF GENETICS

Heredity the passing of traits from parents to offspring

Parental generation will

cross pollinate always

Gregor Mendel with his findings was fundamental to the field of Genetics but his work was
not accepted during his lifetime

In the 1900s, breakthroughs were made in Genetics

Locus

Location of the gene on the chromosome

Allele
Alternative versions for a gene

Each organism has two alleles (one from each parent)

Homozygous

Two of the same allele Both letters are lower case or capital
Heterozygous

Having two different alleles One lower case and one upper case
Dominant allele (Uppercase letters) Shows up more
Determines the expression of a gene (what is actually seen)

Recessive allele (Lowercase letters) Hidden Allele

hidden allele

Can be passed on even though it is not expressed Get this from both parents

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Homozygous

Heterozygous

Which is the
dominant allele?

PURPLE
Which is the
recessive allele?
WHITE

Homozygous

Homozygous

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is four squares

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