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Mendel Experiments

Telangana Board · Class 12 · Biology

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1

Introduction to Genetics and Heredity

  • Genetics: Study of heredity and variation, term coined by Batson in 1906
  • Heredity: Transmission of characters from parents to offspring through genes
  • Variation: Differences between individuals, arising from mutations and recombination
2

Mendel's Choice of Garden Pea Plant

  • Scientific name: Pisum sativum
  • Reasons for selection: Short life cycle, easy to cultivate, bisexual flowers with closed corolla
  • Self-pollination possible but cross-pollination can be controlled
3

Monohybrid Cross and F1, F2 Generations

  • Monohybrid cross: Cross between parents differing in one pair of contrasting characters
  • P1 Generation: TT (tall) × tt (dwarf)
  • F1 Generation: All Tt (heterozygous tall) - 100% tall phenotype
4

Mendel's Laws of Inheritance

  • Law of Segregation (Purity of Gametes): Each individual has two factors for each trait, which separate during gamete formation
  • Law of Dominance: One allele masks the expression of another in heterozygous condition
  • Law of Independent Assortment: Genes for different traits are inherited independently

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Heredity is the transmission of genesA cross between two parents differingEach individual possesses two factors (genes)When two contrasting alleles are presentInheritance of different traits occurs independently

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