Genetics Key Questions

Group No: 1
Group Members:
Colis, Vernalissa
Palubon, Alysha Ross
Gaudan, Grace
Alfonso, Clark Gabriel
Hynson, Princess Katelyn
Mancera, Cherrylyn
Español, Hannamaee
Pagsugiron, Sheilla Mae
Guinto, Julianne Marie
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1. How are animals genetically compared to one another?

Adding, changing, or eliminating particular DNA sequences from an animal's genetic material in a way that does not
occur naturally is known as genetic modification. Its goal is to change an animal's certain qualities or add a new trait, such
as illness resistance or faster growth. DNA is an organism's genetic material, and it contains the instructions for all of an
organism's inheritable features. As a result, changes made to an animal's genetic make-up can be passed down to the
following generation.

2. How are plants genetically compared with one another?

Plants, animals, and humans have genetic material that is properly protected in the nucleus of each cell and stores all of
the information that makes up an organism. Information concerning the size and color of flowers, hair, and fur, for
example, is predefined here. Cells also contain tiny organelles that house their own genetic material. Plant chloroplasts,
which play a major part in photosynthesis, and mitochondria, which are found in all living things and serve as the power
plants of each cell, are examples of these.
-Plants, like mammals, share genetic material through sexual reproduction. The sperm or egg cell has half of a plant's
genetic material, and when one reproductive cell combines with another in a process called fertilization, the resulting
creature has half of each parent's genetic material.

3. How does the Digestive System provide the organ systems its nutritional needs?
The digestive system provides organ systems its nutritional seeds by breaking down and processing the food into nutrition
and fusing into our blood that carries it in different parts of our body.

4. How would you describe the three laws of Gregor Mendel?

Mendel postulated the law of trait inheritance from the first to the second-gen. The three laws that make up the law of
inheritance are the law of segregation, the law of independent assortment, and the law of dominance. The first law, the
law of Dominance. This law indicates that in a heterozygous condition, the dominant allele is the one whose
characteristics are expressed over the other allele, and the dominant characters are the ones whose characters are
expressed over the other allele. Dominant characters are the characters that occur in the F1 generation. In the F2
generation, recessive traits arise. The second law, the law of Segregation. This law indicates that when two features are
combined in a hybrid pair, the two characters do not mix and are completely independent of one another. During
chromosomal meiosis, each gamete obtains one of the two alleles. And lastly, the law of Independent Assortment. This
suggests that the two genes segregate independently of one other and other features during gamete development. The law
of independent assortment highlights the existence of distinct genes for distinct characteristics and features, each of which
influences and sorts itself independently of the others.

5. Why are traits like hair color, hair type, and height known as “Non-Mendelian” traits?
Because it is a polygenic trait, which means it is controlled by multiple genes and has a continuous distribution. Polygenic
traits are Non-Mendelian because their alleles are located on multiple genes, allowing for more alleles and phenotypes.
Hair color, height, and other polygenic traits are examples. Other characteristics, such as blood type, exhibit codominance,
which means there is no dominant or recessive allele.