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Genetics the study of HEREDITY Heredity Passing of Traits from parents to offspring Predicted how TRAITS are transferred from one generation to the next Father of Genetics Gregor Mendel an Austrian monk is known as the FATHER of 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. 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. Heredity. The. passing of parents characteristics onto the offspring. Genetics is the branch of biology that studies heredity. Grego. r Mendel. Considered the father of genetics. Was an Austrian. monk that used pea plants to study heredity. 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. . 27.1 Why Must We Reproduce?. In order for all species to survive, organisms, including human beings, must produce new organisms like themselves.. The process by which organisms produce new organisms like themselves is called . (Fundamentals of Genetics). Chapter 9. Heredity. The transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring. . Trait (allele)- variant of a characteristic. Mendel observed 7 characteristics of pea plants.. 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.. HEREDITY. . = passing on of characteristics from parents to . offspring. How. ?.................. DNA!. I. DNA, . Chromosomes,. Chromatin. , and Genes. DNA. . = blueprint of life (has the instructions for making an organism). Environment and Heredity. Socialization. Socialization: continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behaviour, and social skills appropriate to his/her social position.. 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. 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 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