The Father of Modern Genetics

“What he found out”

“Many hours gardening”

“This curious and observant”

“He noticed”

One person passes on the blue-eye allele.

They each pass on the blue-eye allele.

One person's parents are blue-eyed.

One person's grandparents are blue-eyed.

Gregor Mendel was well paid for his research.

Gregor Mendel noticed other things about peas.

Gregor Mendel won a Nobel Prize for his work.

Gregor Mendel hated gardening.

the possible combinations of alleles in offspring

what an offspring will look like

the height of offspring

genetic heritage

“Same type of plants”

“No one noticed”

“The passing of traits”

“Highly predictable ways”

a short pea plant. due to chance

a short pea plant, because short is the dominant allele

a tall pea plant, because tall is the dominant allele

a tall pea plant. due to chance