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Mendel is known as the father of:
Agenetics
Bevolution
Cecology
Dphysiology
CBSEClass 10 (CBSE)ScienceCh 8 · Topic 1
Heredity and Mendel's Laws
Learning how traits are inherited from parents to offspring through genes.
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Mendel's Law of Segregation states that the two alleles for a trait separate during gamete formation, so each gamete carries only one allele, which then randomly combines with a gamete from the other parent during fertilisation. His Law of Independent Assortment states that alleles for different traits (like seed colour and seed shape) are inherited independently of one another. These laws, discovered through careful cross-breeding experiments, laid the foundation for the modern science of genetics.
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• Heredity: passing of traits from parents to offspring through genes on chromosomes.
• Mendel's Law of Dominance: a dominant allele masks a recessive allele's expression.
• Law of Segregation: allele pairs separate during gamete formation.
• Law of Independent Assortment: alleles for different traits are inherited independently.