Which trait do you have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt1RFnWNzk

"Father of Genetics" --> Austrian Monk who studied pea plants. WHY??

True-breeding plants-->

Hybrid-->

Looked at 7 heritable traits

Why true breeding?

Monohybrids-->

ALL F1 OFFSPRING HAD PURPLE FLOWERS. Did the trait for white flowers disappear?

Mendel's Experiments

White flowers re-appear in F2 generation!

White flower trait had NOT disappeared, but had been _______________

Disproved the "blending" theory

Mendel counted offspring in the F2 generations, and found a pattern!

The First Law of Mendelian Inheritance Conclusion: Traits passed on by discrete hereditary units (factors)

Dominant factor-->

Recessive factor-->

Gene:

2 Alleles:

Fozzles