Genetics
Alleles and more
Gregor Mendel
This man is known as the father of genetics. He was the first person to study the transfer of traits through pea plants. He also believed all traits were dominant until he mixed two tall pea plants which made a short one instead.
Punnett squares
This is a diagram used to see the possible combinations of genes
Gregor Mendel - Mini Biography
punnett squares
this is a picture of two heterozygous traits being crossed
Phenotype
this punnett square is showing that red is dominant over blue
Pea Plants Helped a Lot
Gregor Mendel first crossed pea plants to see how manual pollination would effected the plants. What he didnt realize was that he was discovering how to understand genetics and their traits
Mini Game
Father of genetics
Key words
Phenotype- physical fetearures
Genotype- genetic traits
Allele- trait