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What did Mendel wonder about that caused him to establish his law of independent assortment?
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He wondered if testing for two separate characteristics would cause them to somehow interact. This law only applies when two traits are tested like seed color and texture.
Traits are independent ONLY if they occur on separate chromosomes. Lucky for Mendel that the 7 traits he tested all occurred on 7 separate chromosomes.
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What states that each gene pair is inherited independently of the gene pairs for other traits?
This law is called Mendel's second law, or the Law of Independent Assortment. The law is derived from observations of dihybrid crosses. A classic example involves seed shape and color in garden peas. The shape may be round (caused by a dominant allele, denoted by R) or wrinkled (recessive, r). The wrinkling is caused by a mutation preventing the formation of branches in starch molecules. The color of the seeds may be yellow (dominant, Y) or green (recessive, y). The green color results from a variant sequence in a gene; the seeds fail to develop normally. Parentals are RRYY and rryy. The F1 plants are RrYy. The F2 plants show independent segregation of the alleles for the two characteristics, shape and color. A Punnett grid predicts a 9:3:3:1 ratio for the phenotypes round yellow, round green, wrinkled yellow, and wrinkled green.
According to Gregor Mendel what particles caused inherited characteristics?
genetic information in the nuclei of cells.
How did Mendel learn traits caused by hidden factor in pea plants?
They appeared in first and second generation offspring I think.
The independent evolution of similar traits in organisms is caused by?
convergence/homoplasy
What caused the United States to get involved in the war of 1812?
they wanted to have their own country to be independent
What important fact about the cause if diseases did obert koch establish?
He realised that particular bacterium caused the disease
What explorers establish settlements and claimed ownership of the land which in time caused conflicts with the American Indians?
English
What is governent and what caused early humans to establish a form of it?
Government is a system for creating order and providing leadership.
What a government and what caused early humans to establish a form of it?
Government is a system for creating order and providing leadership.
What caused the emergence of nine independent nation states in central Asia?
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the emergence of nine independent nation states in Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. This break-up transformed the region from being part of a single political entity to separate independent nations due to the collapse of Soviet control and influence. Borders were redrawn, and these nations were able to establish their own governments and pursue their own national interests.
What are changes caused by density-independent factors?
Growth rate in animals, sex ratio, age structure
What battle caused the british to recognize the US as a free independent country?
The defeat of the British at Yorktown VA.
