In your notebook… think about your genetic family… 1.Are there some traits that your parents have but you don’t? 2.Are there some traits that you have.
Chapter 5 section 1 What is heredity ? Heredity is… the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
Chapter 11: Genetics!!!!!!! 11.1 ****************************************************** Genetics : the study of heredity – how traits get passed from one.
Sem 2 Review LSHS Science Department, 2015. 1. In a cat, the gene for black fur (B) is dominant while the gene for white fur (b) is recessive. a.What.
Introduction to Genetics Brought to you by: Your Favorite Science Teacher (that would be me)
Bell Ringer Look at your classmates. Note how they vary in the shape of the front hairline, the space between the two upper front teeth, and the way.
B IOLOGY C HAPTER 8 Heredity. 8.1 O BJECTIVES Discuss Mendel’s experiments and his results. Explain the three principles of genetics Mendel obtained through.
Genetics. Dihybrid Crosses Dihybrid crosses are the comparison of genetic makeup for two characteristics. EX: color and shape. Mendel used dihybrid crosses.
HEREDITY Heredity is the passing on of traits from parents to offspring. In this family tree, traits such as hair color and poor eyesight are passed.
Classical Genetics. The Work and Conclusions of Gregor Mendel Father of genetics Monk in Austria 1865 Studied patterns of inheritance in peas.
Genetics and Mendel. Mendel’s Work Mendel’s pea experiments led him to conclude that inheritance is determined by factors (genes) passed from one generation.
Patterns of Inheritance By Clark and Garret. Heredity Definition- The transmission of traits from one generation to the next.