PPT-Genetics and Heredity What makes you, you and me, me.

Cells The basic building blocks of who we are We are made up of trillions of them They provide for our bodies structure help with nutrition and convert nutrition to energy Cells have many different functions and duties they carry out for the body including carrying our genes and hereditary duties. 2013-2014 Report. Jeff . Bennetzen. , Chair. Origins of MGEC. Role of MGEC. …to . identify both the needs and the opportunities for maize genetics, and to communicate this information to the broadest possible life science community. 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 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). For each question you missed, write down the entire correct answer (not just the letter) and where it is at in the textbook or notes, and what it says about it.. . Example:. Question 3. Soma is the correct answer. Found in notes. Soma is the main body of the neuron. . Objective . Tonight’s Homework. To see how genotype and phenotype apply. pp 127: 2, 5. Finish the “odds” for your kid. Making a Kid Using Genetics. In this activity, you’ll be pairing up with a friend and combining traits to make a kid. One of you will be “mom” and the other will be “dad”. Choose however you want.. Trait. a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes. . Offspring. The product of reproduction; a new organism produced by one or more parents (ex. Human baby). Chromosome. Genetics and Behavior. Behavior Geneticists. study our differences and weigh the relative effects of heredity and environment.. Chromosomes, Genes, and DNA. Chromosomes. . (46 in each sell) containing . 6-1: . WHAT ARE . CHROMOSOMES, DNA, GENES. , AND THE HUMAN . GENOME. ? HOW DO BEHAVIOR GENETICISTS EXPLAIN OUR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES?. Environment: . Every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us . PURPOSE To become familiar withwhat makes plants growOBJECTIVES For youth to identify five basic plantneedsdescribe what a plantneeds in order tomanufacture its own fooddescribe how the nutrientconten 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. . 2.5.2 Heredity . and Gene Expression. 2.5.3 Genetic . Code. 2.5.4 DNA Structure. , Replication and Profiling. Follow-Me – . iQuiz. Q. What term is used to describe differences within a population with respect to features such as height?. 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 Heredity /Genetics Gregor Mendel was a n Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the modern science of genetics . Though farmer s had known for centuries that crossbreeding of Heredity. Mutations. Experiments. General Characteristics. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. Developmental Stages for .