mendel and the gene idea chapter 14
a heritable feature that varies among individuals is called- and each variant for a character is called-
character and trait
over many generations of self pollination, the planst produce the same variety as the parent plant
true breeding
what is hybridization?
mating or crossing of two true-breeding varieties
P generation
parental generation
f1 generation
first filial generation.
alternative versions of Genes account for variations in inherited characters
for example the gene for a flower color in P plants exist in two versions one for purple and the other for a white flowers this is called a alleles
For each character an organism inherits two copies of a gene one from each parent
Each somatic cell in a diploidy organism has two sets of chromosomes one set inherited from each parent
Law of segregation
two alleles for a heritable character separate during gamete formation and end up in different gametes