5.4 Heredity Guided Reading - Brittany Schroeder | Library

Watch the "Genetics 101" video below. (3:10)

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Question 2 | 00:58

Question 3 | 01:08

Question 4 | 01:51

Question 5 | 02:53

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Question 3

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Question 4

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Question 5

02:53

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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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

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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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Segments of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic.

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The different version of a gene.

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Use the picture at the bottom of page 328 and label a set of alleles in the image below.

Read page 329 in your textbook. 

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Match the terms to the appropriate definition

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
recessive		allele that contributes to the phenoype if one or two copies are present
genotype		allele that contributes to the phenoype only when two copies of it are present
dominant		the combination of alleles that you inherited from your parents
phenotype		your observable traits

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Questions 16-19 | 01:45

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Watch the video discussing Genotype and Phenotype below. (1:42)

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Questions 22 & 23 | 01:30

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Questions 22 & 23

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