Review of Chapter 11: Mendel and the Gene Idea Gregor Mendel used the scientific approach to identify two laws of inheritance. He formulated a theory of inheritance based on experiments with garden peas, proposing that parents pass on to their offspring discrete genes that retain their identity through generations. This theory includes two ?laws.? The?law of segregation: This law states that genes have alternative forms called alleles. In a diploid organism, the two alleles of a gene separate during meiosis and gamete formation; each sperm or egg carries only one allele of each pair.?Each organism inherits one allele for each gene from each parent.
Chapter Review Notes-(Campbell's Biology)
Review of Chapter 11: Mendel and the Gene Idea Gregor Mendel used the scientific approach to identify two laws of inheritance. He formulated a theory of inheritance based on experiments with garden peas, proposing that parents pass on to their offspring discrete genes that retain their identity through generations. This theory includes two ?laws.? The?law of segregation: This law states that genes have alternative forms called alleles. In a diploid organism, the two alleles of a gene separate during meiosis and gamete formation; each sperm or egg carries only one allele of each pair.?Each organism inherits one allele for each gene from each parent.
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