Mendel and His Peas Content Vocabulary LESSON 1 dominant trait

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Content Vocabulary
LESSON 1
Mendel and His Peas
Directions: On each line, write the term from the word bank that correctly replaces the underlined words in each
sentence. NOTE: You may need to change a term to its plural form.
dominant trait
egg
genetics
hybrid
recessive trait
sperm
heredity
1. Mendel used his pea plants to study the passing of traits
from parents to offspring.
2. Mendel’s research is considered to be the foundation
of the study of how traits are passed from parent to
offspring.
3. Mendel cross-pollinated pea plants with different forms
of the same trait to produce offspring with two different
forms of the same trait.
4. Mendel concluded that the haploid cell formed in a
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female reproductive organ contributed one genetic
factor for each trait.
5. The other genetic factor for each trait comes from a
haploid cell formed in the male reproductive system.
6. In some cases, one of the factors, such as purple flower
color, was the factor that blocked the other genetic factor.
7. The other factor was the one that is blocked by the
presence of the dominant factor.
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