• Who is Gregor Mendel?

• Father of Genetics
• Bread Pea Plants to study inheritance
• Why Peas
  • Control mating (self- vs. cross-pollination)
  • Many varieties available
  • Short generation time

• What Does P Stand For?

• Parental Generation

• What Does F1 Stand For?

• First Filial Generation

• What Does F2 Stand For?

Second Filial Generation (Offspring of F1)

• What is an Allele?

• Alternate version of genes
• They cause variations in inherited characteristics among offspring.
• For each characteristic, every organism inherits one allele from each parent.
• Located on same place of Pair of Homologues Chromosomes.

What is a Dominant Allele?

• It is an Expressed Allele