Question

1 mendel worked with ________ plants. he applied ______ to biology. he worked in a ______ garden at brno. at that time, mendel did not know what ________ actually were.
2 until mendel’s work, people believed that children looked like parents because of ________ ________
3 pea plants are naturally fertilized by ________ ________.
4 contrast the terms:
a) purebred-
hybrid-
b) dominant-
recessive-
c) genotype-
phenotype-
5 ________ is the passing of traits from parent to offspring (also known as biological inheritance). the science that studies this is called ________.
6 the special type of division which reduces the number of chromosomes in sex cells is called __________

Explanation:

1. Fills in key facts about Mendel's pea plant experiments, his mathematical approach, his workspace, and the unknown genetic structure of his time.
2. States the pre-Mendelian theory of trait inheritance.
3. Notes the natural fertilization method of pea plants.
4. Contrasts core genetics terminology by defining each paired term clearly.
5. Defines the core concept of trait passing and the field that studies it.
6. Identifies the cell division process for sex cells.

Answer:

1. pea; mathematical methods; monastery; genes
2. blending inheritance
3. self-pollination

4.
A.) Purebred- Organism with identical alleles for a trait
Hybrid- Organism with different alleles for a trait
B.) dominant- Trait that masks another trait
recessive- Trait masked by a dominant trait
C.) genotype- Genetic makeup of an organism
phenotype- Observable traits of an organism

1. Heredity; genetics
2. meiosis