Chapter 02 Mendel's Principles of Heredity

Section 1. MENDEL AND HEREDITY. 1. the study of biological inheritance patterns and variation in organisms. 2. Gregor Mendel. 3. Mendel recognized that traits are inherited as either dominant or recessive. 4. Principle of Segregation: The two members of a gene pair (alleles) segregate (separate) from each other in the formation of gametes. ................
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