Pollination
Mendel and His Peas
Genetic Vocabulary
100

The part of the flower that holds the pollen

What is the anther?

100

This type of plant can produce pollen that fertilizes its own ovule

What is self-pollinating?

100

the sum of the genes transferred from parents to offspring

What is genotype?

200

The parts of the flower that make up the corolla

What are the petals?

200

Two individual plants are needed for this type of fertilization

What is cross-pollination?

200

the nucleus, chloroplast, and mitochondria are examples of this term

What is organelle?

300

The sticky top part of the carpel (or pistil)

What is the stigma?

300

Ear shape, petal color, and the ability to roll your tongue are examples of this term

What is a characteristic?

300

This is the term for a section of DNA that codes for a certain trait

What is a gene?
400

Another term for a fertilized ovule

What is a seed?

400

These are the terms for the bossy and shy traits

What are dominant and recessive traits?

400
Humans have 23 pairs of these -- half come from mom, and half from dad

What are chromosomes?

500
Wind, butterflies, and bees are examples of this term

What is a pollination vector?

500

This is the ratio of dominant to recessive traits if there are 930 purple flowers (dominant) and 310 white flowers (recessive)

What is 3:1?

500

This is the term for a version of a gene; it can be dominant or recessive

What is allele?