PPT-Dominant and Recessive Traits in Humans

What are the Dominant and Recessive Traits in Humans There are over 200 traits that are transmitted from generation to generation in humans These interesting aspects of human genetics are known as hereditary traits. Heredity: the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring. A feature that has different forms in a population . Different forms of a characteristic governed by genes. Characteristics:. Hair Color. Biology 10.1. Gregor. Mendel. 1800’s Austrian (NOT AUSTRALIAN) monk, mathematician, and scientist. Began working in the garden at his monastery. Father of Genetics. His work led to an understanding of how traits are passed from parents to offspring. Clarification:. Genes. are not recessive or dominant.. Alleles. of genes are not recessive or dominant.. The . proteins made by alleles of genes . are not recessive or dominant.. You cannot tell if a trait is recessive or dominant based on the genes that affect it or the alleles in a population.. Life Science 7. th. Grade. Ms. Reekes . Recap from Monday. -Yesterday we learned about dominant and recessive alleles. . . -What does dominant mean? . . - What does recessive mean?. - What are the 2 parts that compose DNA, and why is the structure of DNA important to it’s function.. What did Mendel Observe?. How do alleles affect inheritance?. Heredity. The passing of physical characteristics, or traits from parents to offspring.. VOCABULARY. Genetics: The study of Heredity (passing of traits from parent to offspring). Objective: . To learn how genes play a role in inherited characteristics.. Bell Work: . What is does it mean to inherit? . What Do YOU Think?. © Getting Nerdy, LLC. Genetics… What’s . the purpose? . What are the Dominant and Recessive Traits in Humans?. There are over 200 traits that are transmitted from generation to generation in humans. These interesting aspects of human genetics are known as hereditary traits. These are some of the common dominant and recessive traits in humans that can be easily observed in people around you. . You . have two genes for them. One inherited from your father and one from your mother. The way that a physical trait is expressed, and hence the way you look is a result of either a combination of dominant genes, a dominant and a recessive gene or two recessive genes.. Chapter 4 Sections 1and 2. Parents and offspring are similar.. We all have our own unique combination of characteristics. These are called traits. There are two types of traits:. Inherited traits resemble those your birth parents have, like hair color, eye color, blood type.. To describe the contributions of . Gregor. Mendel in the area of genetics . Bell work: . Why don’t you look like your pet hamster?!. You get your genes from your mom and dad - that’s why you look like a combination of them and not your pet hamster. That is, unless your . Gregor Mendel:. 1823-1884. 2. Genetics. Genetics. . is the Study of heredity (the transmission of traits from generation to generation).. . Genetics began with the work of . Gregor. Mendel. Mendel developed basic principals of heredity with . Early ideas about genetics. Hippocrates:. Pangenesis. Particles (. pangenes. ) from each part of the body moved to the egg and sperm. Changes in organisms over their lifetime would be passed on to offspring . 1. Gregor. . mendel. Gregor. Mendel is the father of genetics. He came up with the Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment. In 1857 he began breeding garden peas to study inheritance. He was also a monk. . June, 2002. Heredity. Passing of traits from parent to offspring. Genes. Gene – segment of a chromosome that contains the heredity traits of an organism. Genes. Basic units of biological inheritance.