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5.4 Heredity Guided Reading
By Brittany Schroeder
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Watch the "Genetics 101" video below. (3:10)
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Question 2
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Question 3
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Question 4
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Question 5
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Grab your textbook and read pages 326 and 327 in your textbook.
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The passing of genetic material from parent to offspring is called _______ .
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What did Gregor Mendel discover about heredity?
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What was Mendel's hypothesis about how traits are passed from parent to offspring?
Read page 328 from your textbook.
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How are traits inherited?
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Use the picture at the bottom of page 328 and label a set of alleles in the image below.
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Read page 329 in your textbook.
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Watch the video discussing Genotype and Phenotype below. (1:42)
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Question 21
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Questions 22 & 23
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Characteristic vs. Trait (Use the images from your book to help.)
seed color
seed shape
yellow seed
wrinkled seed
hair color
blonde
eye color
blue eyes
Characteristic
Trait
Segments of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic.
allele
gene
phenotype
genotype
The different version of a gene.
allele
gene
phenotype
genotype
Match the terms to the appropriate definition
genotype
allele that contributes to the phenoype if one or two copies are present
phenotype
allele that contributes to the phenoype only when two copies of it are present
recessive
the combination of alleles that you inherited from your parents
dominant
your observable traits