The Work of Mendel
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- Created on: 24-04-18 20:33
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- The Work of Mendel
- He carried out his work in the 19th century
- He carried out breeding experiments on plants
- He made three important conclusions:
- Characteristics are determined by hereditary 'units'
- The units are passed on unchanged from both parents (one from each).
- The units can be dominant or recessive- If an individual has both the dominant and recessive allele the dominant will show.
- The importance of his work was only understood after his death.
- This was because people at the time didn't understand his findings.
- In the late 1800's scientists discovered chromosomes
- This led to the idea that his 'units' worked in the same way to chromosomes.
- This led to the idea that his 'units' changed their name to genes.
- This led to the idea that his 'units' worked in the same way to chromosomes.
- In 1953 the structure of DNA was discovered which allowed scientists to discover how genes work
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