Old KS4 Science Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Describe how the work of Gregor Mendel led to understanding of genetics
Explain why the importance of Mendel's discovery was not recognised until after his death
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Gregor Mendel
Augustinian botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics
descendant
one originating from an ancestral stock or source
crossbred
an organism with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations
homozygous
a genetic condition where an individual inherits the same alleles for a particular gene from both parents
generation
all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively
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