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Understand and observe how traits are passed on from parents to offspring.
Understand and observe that meiosis is responsible for genetic variation during sexual
reproduction.
WHAT IS DNA?
It contains genetic information, that directs cell function and gives us our characteristics
Found inside every cell and are passed down from parents to offspring.
DNA stands for DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
NUCLEOTIDE
A pairs with T
C pairs with G
Always in that order
THE DOUBLE HELIX
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We Inherit our traits or characteristics such as height, eye or hair colour from our
parents.
HOW DOES THIS
HAPPEN?
Our understanding of Genetics has been thanks to a Monk named Gregory Mendel
His work on genetics was conducted by studying Peas, because their traits were easier to
observe.
It was the perfect model organism to study, he could follow the traits from one
generation to the next
Some of the characteristics he looked at were;
Seed shape , seed colour, flower colour, height of the plant and the colour of the flower.
MENDEL'S MONOHYBRID CROSS
Mendelian Laws
Rule of Dominance
Trait observed in the offspring is the Dominant trait
The trait that disappears is the recessive trait
Law of Segregation
Two genes for a trait separate when gametes are formed