Activity 1: Check your Understanding! Directions: Answer the questions below. Write it on the space provided.
1. Who studied how human characteristics are passed down over generations? How did he conduct his
research?
2. What are the two test crosses? How do they differ from each other?
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Answer:
1. GREGOR MENDEL. Mendel chose to use peas for his experiments due to their many distinct varieties, and because offspring could be quickly and easily produced. ... Though Mendel's experiments had been conducted with pea plants, he put forth the theory that all living things had such traits.
2. MONOHYBRID CROSSES AND PUNNET SQUARES. For a monohybrid cross , individual alleles are used, whereas for a dihybrid cross, pairs of alleles are used. A Punnett square for a monohybrid cross is divided into four squares, whereas a Punnett square for a dihybrid cross is divided into 16 squares.