rules for the inheritance of traits mendel contribution
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Mendel performed experiments on a garden pea Pisum sativum with different visible contrasting characters Based on these experiments, Mendel devised certain principles or laws of inheritance
Law of Dominance✔
➡️According to this law, characters are controlled by discrete units called factors, which occur in pairs with one member of the pair dominating over the other in a dissimilar pair.
➡️This law explains expression of only one of the parental character in F1generation and expression of both in F2generation
Law of Segregation✔
➡️This law states that the two alleles of a pair segregate or separate during gamete formation such that a gamete receives only one of the two factors.
➡️In homozygous parents, all gametes produced are similar; while in heterozygous parents, two kinds of gametes are produced in equal proportions.
Law of independent Assortment✔
➡️When two pairs of traits are combined in a hybrid, one pair of character segregates independent of the other pair of character.
➡️In a dihybrid cross between two plants having round yellow (RRYY) and wrinkled green seeds (rryy), four types of gametes (RY, Ry, rY, ry) are produced. Each of these segregate independent of each other, each having a frequency of 25% of the total gametes produced.
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Mendel worked out the fact that heredity followed some definite principles across all living organisms. But studying Human generations and their was a hectic task. So he opted to study heredity using Garden Pea (Pisum Sativum). He kept records of each gen seperately and studied the inheritance of one trait at a time.
Mendels work was unique because of the application of mathematics and use of distinct variables.