Chapter 11

Gregor Mendel – father of genetics(Scientific study of Heredity); studied plants. He experimented with garden pea plants. observed Traits (a trait is a specific characteristic, such as seed color or plant height, that varies from one individual to another.) studied self-pollinating plants (sperm cells in pollen fertilize the egg cells in the same flower and the seeds that are produced inherit their characteristics from the single parent plant) ................
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