PPT-Genetics & Heredity Unit

Take out your notebook Administration Things to increase chances of success Get Warm Ups done amp Keep track of them Stay organized Easy points Make your own or print off your website if you lose them. D 37. Use the Punnett square technique to predict the distribution of traits in mono- and di-hybrid crossings.. Learning Target: . Principles of Heredity . I Can. …Explain the foundation principles of Mendelian Genetics. Chapter 4. 7. th. Grade Science. Mendel’s Work. ______________ - “Father of Genetics”. A priest that conducted experiments in his garden that revolutionized the study of heredity.. ___________ - the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring. What are we made of?. Trait Survey. Check yes or no. Do you have detached earlobes?. Can you roll your tongue?. Do you have dimples?. Are you right handed?. Which one is my right hand ?. Do you have freckles?. Traits. - Characteristic, quality, or feature that distinguishes an organism. Genetics. /Heredity. - . The passing on of traits from parent to offspring. Acquired Trait. - Trait that is learned or obtained through experience or practice.. Big Ideas of this Chapter!!. Inherited genes determine an organism’s traits. . Using scientific methods, . Gregor. Mendel discovered the basic principles of genetics. . It is now known that interactions among alleles, genes, and the . .__________________ are what pass inherited traits from parents to their children..  . nuclei. chromosomes. genes. phenotypes. 1. And the answer is…. C. genes. _______________ was the scientist who first studied pea plants to learn more about heredity.. Chapter 12. I. Pedigree. Graphic representation of genetic inheritance. (Look at Fig 12.1 and 12.2). I. Pedigree. Circle = female. Square = male . Shaded = shows trait being studied. Half Shaded = Carrier. Biology . 30. Mr. . Oosterom. Intro to Genetics. For centuries, people have known that certain physical characteristics are passed from one generation to the next.. Using this knowledge, they learned to produce crops and livestock with desired characteristics.. Biologists study Genetics to find out what controls we can have on disease and traits that are passed on though the generations.. Traits. are the characteristics that may be passed on some may be visible and others may be not or difficult to see. . :The inheritance of traits. Heredity Terms. . Genes:. Sections of DNA that code for a trait.. Heredity Terms. . Alleles:. Different forms of a gene that code for a trait. One from mom, one from dad.. heredity. Heredity is the cause of similarities between individuals. This is the reason that brothers and sisters with the same parents resemble each other and with their parents. Variation is the cause of differences who do resemble each other are still unique individuals. Thus, we have no trouble in recognizing the differences between sisters, for example, and even ‘identical’ twins are recognized as distinctive individuals by their parents and close friends. . GeneticsGeneticsGene: basic unit of Gene: basic unit of inheritance inheritance Two genes(or alleles) for Two genes(or alleles) for each characteristic: one each characteristic: one from father and on Introduction It was organized collaboratively by the Max Planck Institute for the History of The fourth workshop was specifically of The major results, as documented in this volume, During the era of ., MSc . Agro (On Progress). . . I. Genetics: The Science of Heredity and Variation. Definition of Genetics. The beginning of Genetics. The Scope of Genetics. Application of Genetics. Objectives.