Mendel & Heredity Reading & Video

In 1-2 sentences, why do you think you look the way you do?

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In 2-3 sentences, describe who Gregor Mendel was. His life, job, and accomplishments.

In 2-4 Sentences, What plant did Mendel study the most? Why did he study this plant? What traits of this plant did he study? (there’s more than one trait).

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In 2 Sentences, Explain what the words dominant trait and recessive trait mean.

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1. In 3-4 Sentences, Compare and Contrast the “blended model of inheritance” and Menel’s results.

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In 4-6 Sentences, Explain Mendel’s experimental set up in your own words, how did he make sure plants wouldn’t self breed?

How many chromosomes do humans typically have?

• 23

• 46

• 92

• 12

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What is the genotype of a person who can taste PTC?

• TT or Tt

• tt

• Tt only

• TT only

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If both parents can taste PTC, what is their likely genotype?

• TT

• tt

• Tt

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Why might a dominant trait not be the most common in a population?

• The dominant allele might be rare.

• Dominant traits are less likely to be inherited.

• Recessive alleles are more advantageous.

• Dominant alleles are always rare.

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