1. Jeans? Not those jeans, GENES!!!!!!
KEY CONCEPT Mendel’s research showed that traits are inherited as discrete units, we now call what??????
Jeans?
Not those jeans,
GENES!!!!!!

2. Mendel laid the groundwork for genetics. (On Your Own)
Traits are distinguishing characteristics that are inherited.
Genetics is the study of biological inheritance patterns and variation.
Gregor Mendel showed that traits are inherited as discrete units.
He is called the “Father of Genetics”
Many in Mendel’s day thought traits were blended.

3. Mendel’s data revealed patterns of inheritance. (P Notes)
Mendel made three key choices in his experiments.
use of purebred plants
control over breeding
observation of seven “either-or” characteristics

4. Mendel’s data revealed patterns of inheritance. (On Your Own)
Mendel chose pea plants because:
they reproduce quickly
they contain both male and female reproductive organs in their flowers (self-pollinate)
he could control their mating
Purebred plants are those that have self-pollinated over a long enough period of time to allow for a genetically uniform lineage.

5. Mendel used pollen to fertilize selected pea plants. (On Your Own)
P (parent) generation crossed to produce F1 generation (first offspring)
He controlled the self-pollination process by removing male flower parts (stamens)
Once they were removed, he fertilized the female part (pistil)
Mendel controlled the
fertilization of his pea plants
by removing the male parts,
or stamens.
He then fertilized the female
part, or pistil, with pollen from
a different pea plant.

6. Characteristics Chosen by Mendel (P Notes)
Mendel chose seven traits to follow during his pea experiment:
Pea shape
Pea color
Pod shape
Pod color
Plant height
Flower color
Flower position
They are ALL either-or characteristics: tall or short, peas are wrinkled or round, etc.

7. Understanding Genetics (On Your Own)
In genetics, the mating of two organisms is called a cross.
Example: Mendel crossed a purebred white-flowered pea plant with a purebred purple-flowered pea plant.
These parental plants are called the P generation, and represented by a P.
The offspring from this first parental cross are called the first filial or F1 generation.
All of this F1 generation had purple flowers.
The trait for white flowers was not evident.
Mendel then allowed the F1 generation to self-pollinate without interfering with the process.
The resulting F2 generation produced both purple and white flowers.
This showed him that the white trait has only been masked.
Let’s take a look at them.

8. Mendel allowed the resulting plants to self-pollinate. (On Own)
Among the F1 generation, all plants had purple flowers
F1 plants are all heterozygous (different)
Among the F2 generation, some plants had purple flowers and some had white

9. Mendel’s Observations (P Notes)
After crossing many pea plants, Mendel observed:
Each cross yielded or produced similar ratios in the F2 generation
About ¾ of the plants had purple flowers
About ¼ of the plants had white flowers
This is displayed as a ration of 3:1 of purple to white

10. Mendel observed pea plant characteristics or patterns in the first and second generations of his crosses.

11. Cross: the mating of two organisms (On Your Own) Mendel mated purebred pea plants with purple flowers with purebred plants with white flowers
P: the parental generation; Mendel used purebred plants for the P generation
Example: he crossbred plants with purple flowers with purebred plants with white flowers.
F1: the first generation of offspring resulting from the parental cross
Example: Mendel’s F1 plants all had purple flowers; Mendel allowed this generation to self-pollinate
F2: the secondary generation: the result of the self-pollination of F1 plants
Example: In Mendel’s F2 generation, ¾ had purple flowers and ¼ had white flowers.

12. Results: (P Notes)
For all seven traits, Mendel found that approximately ¾ of F2 offspring had one trait and ¼ of the offspring had the other trait.

13. Mendel drew three important conclusions. (P Notes)
Traits are inherited as discrete units.
The last two conclusions are called the law of segregation.
Organisms inherit two copies of each
gene, one from each parent.
The two copies segregate during gamete formation.
purple
white