Heredity
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- inherited
- passed on from one generation to the next
- Traits
- physical characteristics
- F1 generation
- the first offspring of the P- generation
- Self-pollination
- when a (pea) plant pollinated itself
- Crossed
- bred easily
- Pollen
- produced by stamens and contains male sex cells, or sperm cells
- Pistils
- female reproductive structure produces the female sex cell, or egg cell
- Genetics
- study of heredity and the passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring
- cross-pollination
- when pollen from the stamen of one plant lands on a pistil of a flower on a different plant
- Heredity
- the passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring
- F2 generation
- the 1st offspring produced by self pollination of the F1 generation
- P-generation
- (parental generation) the first to breed plants
- characteristics
- an individual physical trait
- Gregor Mendal
- a monk who began the history of genetics, experimented with pea plants a.k.a "the father of genetics"
- Pollination
- when pollen lands on top of the pistil and seeds are produced for the next generation
- True-breeding plants
- plants the always produce offspring with the same traits as parents
- Stamens
- male reproductive structures of a plant produce pollen