Mendel and Heredity

____________________is the father of genetics.

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True breeding plants always produced offspring that had traits ____________ to the parent plants. (green and pink)

__________________ is the passing on of traits from one generation to the next. (blue)

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

How many contrasting forms did Mendel notice in his pea plants? ___________ (orange)

The study of heredity is called __________. (orange)

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Different forms of a gene are called _________. (orange)

The trait that appeared the most often had a gene that was ___________ over the other gene. (#13 blue and #14 green)

The dominant gene hid the __________ gene. (yellow)

A recessive trait shows only when no __________ allele is present. (green)

The combination of alleles for a particular trait is the ____________. (orange)