Mendelian Genetics

  1. Define genetics and heredity. 2 points
  2. What was Gregor Mendel’s contribution to Science? 2 points
  3. What were the advantages of using the pea plant for Genetic research? 6 points
  4. What were the 7 traits that Mendel selected for further study? 7 points
  5. Mendel’s experiments had three features that represented improvements over previous experiments involving genetic crosses. What were they? 6 points
  6. Explain the technique that Mendel used to perform a monohybrid genetic cross using the flower of a pea plant that had yellow seeds with the flower of a pea plant that had green seeds. What were the offspring from such a cross called? 4 points
  7. Explain the terms dominant and recessive. 4 points
  8. Explain the terms phenotype and genotype. 4 points
  9. Define the terms gene, allele. 4 points
  10. Define the terms homozygous, heterozygous. 4 points
  11. State Mendel’s Law of Segregation. 2 points
  12. Perform a genetic cross of pea plants with purple flowers with pea plants with white flowers. Use W for the purple trait, and w for the white trait. Show the results for the F1 and F2 generation. 10 points