Inheritance

The passing on of genetic

instruction from generation
to generation
He carried out more 10000
experiment using plant, pisum
sativum
Character Trait
Plant height Tall or short
Seed colour Green or yellow
Flower colour Purple or white
Seed shape Round or wrinkled
Example of characters and traits
Mendels
experiment
Genes and
alleles
Genes are basic unit of
inheritance which occupy specific
position on chromosomes
Alleles are different forms of the same gene for a
trait and occupy the same relative position on a
pair of homologous chromosome
Locus is the position of gene
on the chromosome
Dominant and recessive alleles
Dominant allele
The allele that will mask or cover the effect of
recessive allele

Recessive allele
Allele that can be expressed when dominant
allele is abesnt
phenotype
The observable characteristic
Examples: colour, size structure
tall

genotype
- Genetic composition of an organism
- TT, Tt

Homozygous
The 2 alleles are same
TT, tt

Heterozygous
The 2 alleles are different
Tt