Mendel
This lesson covers:
- The experiment that Mendel did with pea plants, looking at pea colour, flower colour, and height.
- How Mendel discovered hereditary units, and that they could be either recessive or dominant
- An overview of when chromosomes and the structure of DNA were discovered
Which scientist devised the laws of inheritance?
Gregor Mendel
Dmitri Mendeleev
Galileo Galilei
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What are alleles?
X-shaped lengths of DNA
A section of DNA that gives a characteristic
Alternative forms of the same gene
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What did Mendel study?
The evolution of plants
The distribution of gases in the atmosphere
Inheritance of different characteristics
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Which species did Mendel use in his experiments?
Roses
Daffodils
Pea plants
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Which three traits did Mendel study?
Length of roots
Height
Colour of flowers
Colour of peas
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