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What is heredity?
Information passed down from parents
How DNA works
Information passed down from grandparents
information from cells
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The inventor of genetics
The father of genetics
He discovered pea plants
He discovered rabbits
A dominant trait
is bigger than other traits
will always be seen if present
is a hidden trait
is an old trait
A recessive trait
is a smaller trait
is a more powerful trait
will ne hidden by a dominant trait
will always show
Homozygous dominant means
two dominant alleles together
1 dominant and 1 recessive alleles
two really big alleles
Homozygous dominant uses
two capitals (BB)
Two lowercase (bb)
1 capital and 1 lower case (Bb)
2 lower case (bb)
Heteroygous means
2 recessive alleles
2 dominant alleles
1 dominant and 1 recessive alleles
Heterozygous uses
1 capital and one lower case (Bb)
2 lower case (bb)
2 capitals (BB)
Homozygous Recessive means
two dominant alleles
1 dominant and 1 recessive alleles
two recessive alleles
homozygous recessive uses
two capitals (BB)
two lower case (bb)
1 capital and 1 lowercase
What is a genotype
a trait
a gene combination
a hair color
an eye color
What's an example of a genotype?
brown hair
Bb
big hands
blue eyes
What's a phenotype?
something you can't see in DNA
a gene combination
a physical trait
What's an example of a phenotype
black hair
Tt
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