Answered: What is Mendel's law?

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Human Biology (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305112100

Author:Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan

Chapter20: Chromosomes And Human Genetics

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 2RQ: What is a carrier of a genetic trait?

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What is Mendel's law?

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The father of genetics is George Mendel who was an Austrian monk invented the basic principles of heredity. He has done many experiments on pea plants. He gave the fundamental law of inheritance.

Law of segregation
Law of independent assortment

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Mendel crossed the white flower plant with a purple flower plant that gives the next generation all purple color flower plants. After this happening, he invents heredity units called “factors” which are later known as genes. Mendel said that there are two types of allele one is dominant and another one is recessive.

The dominant allele expresses itself in the present where a recessive allele can express itself only in the absence of a dominant allele.

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