UNIT+5-+GENETICS

Genetics! What is Heredity? Why do children look like their parents? Why do brothers and sisters resemble eachother?

This is because we inherit traits from our parents. The passing on of traits is called heredity.

Genetics is the scientific study of heredity. Gregor Mendel was a very important scientist who is known as the father of genetics for his work using different breeds of pea plants and cross breeding them. Meiosis is the process of dividing the number of chromosomes in the human body to create more cells with the proper genes in each cell.

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Inheritance Human Genetics

__Vocabulary: __ Dominant Genes Recessive Genes Punnet Squares Homozygous Heterozygous <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Genotype <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Phenotype <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Independent Assortment <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Multiple Alleles <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Polygenic Traits <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Incomplete Domincance <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Codominance <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Stages of Mitosis <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">-Prophase <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">-Metaphase <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">-Anaphase <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">-Telephase <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Tetrads <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Crossing-Over <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Homologous Chromosomes <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Diploid <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Haploid

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Watch below to learn more on genetics! []

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">A book on George Mendel

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This is the double helix. The double helix is two strands of DNA binding together.

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