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The Work of Gregor Mendel. Genetics. Heredity – transmission of traits from one generation to the next Genetics – study of heredity. Gregor Mendel’s Peas. Augustinian monk named Gregor Mendel in 1800s worked with peas to demonstrate the basic genetic principles we know today - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Work of Gregor Mendel
Genetics
• Heredity – transmission of traits from one generation to the next
• Genetics – study of heredity
Gregor Mendel’s Peas
• Augustinian monk named Gregor Mendel in 1800s worked with peas to demonstrate the basic genetic principles we know today
• Mendel’s garden peas were true-breeding, meaning that if they were allowed to self-pollinate, they would produce offspring identical to themselves
• Mendel selected the pea plants that he would breed with each other.
• Why pea plants?– Easy to care for, grow quickly, take up little space, etc
Genes and Dominance• Mendel studied several different pea plant traits• Trait – specific characteristic, such as seed color or plant height,
that varies from one individual to another• Each trait Mendel studied had two contrasting characters – Ex.
Seed color – yellow or green
Seed Shape
Flower Position
Flower Color
Seed Color
Pod Color
Plant Height
PodShape
Round
Wrinkled
Round
Yellow
Green
Purple
White
Smooth
Constricted
Green
Yellow
Axial
Terminal
Tall
Short
Yellow Purple Smooth Green Axial Tall
Genes and Dominance (continued)
• Mendel crossed plants with each of the contrasting characters and studied their offspring
• Each original pair of plants were the P (parental) generation. The offspring from the cross were called the F1 generation
• Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits are called hybrids
• F1 generation of pea plants had the character of only ONE of the parents. The other character seemed to have disappeared…
Genes and Dominance (continued)
• Mendel then came to a few hypotheses:– There are alternative versions of genes (Mendel
termed genes “factors) that account for variations in inherited characters (different versions of a gene = alleles)
– An organism inherits two alleles - one allele from each parent – homozygous (same alleles)/heterozygous (different alleles)
– Principle of Dominance – some alleles are dominant and others are recessive
– (the fourth we’ll talk about in a moment)
Principle of Dominance
• Dominant allele – an organism with a dominant allele for a particular form of a trait will always have that form (Ex. Aa, AA = dominance)
• Recessive allele – an organism with a recessive allele for a particular trait will only have that form when the dominant allele isn’t present (Ex. aa = recessive)
Law of Segregation
– Mendel wanted to know what happened to the recessive traits that seemed to have disappeared
– Crossed F1 plants with themselves to produce F2 (second generation) plants – this caused the recessive traits to reappear
– Roughly 1/4th of the F2 plants showed the recessive trait
Segregation (continued)
– Reappearance indicated that at some point, the recessive allele separated from the dominant allele = Segregation
– Fourth Hypothesis: Law of Segregation - Two alleles are segregated from each other so that each gamete (sex cell – sperm or egg) carries only a single copy of each gene
Example: Tallness vs. Shortness in Pea Plants
P generation cross (true breeding)
TT x tt (tall) x (short)
F1 generation
Tt(all tall plants produced)
F1 generation cross (self-pollinated)
Tt x Tt (tall) x (tall)
F2 generation
TT, Tt, Tt, tt(3 tall, 1 short plant produced)
P Generation F1 Generation F2 Generation
Tall Short Tall TallTall Tall Tall Short
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Principle of Dominance
P Generation F1 Generation F2 Generation
Tall Short Tall TallTall Tall Tall Short
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Principle of Dominance
P Generation F1 Generation F2 Generation
Tall Short Tall TallTall Tall Tall Short
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Principle of Dominance
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Gregor Mendel’s Work