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Mendel's First Law of Genetics

Law of Segregation
Mendel’s
monohybrid
Mendel made two Pure Line -
innovations to the science of a population that breeds true
genetics: for a particular trait

inheritance 1. developed pure lines

2. counted his results and
MENDEL'S FIRST LAW OF GENETICS (LAW OF SEGREGATION)
kept statistical notes

Results from Mendel's Experiments Results from Mendel's Experiments

Parental F1Phenoty F2 Phenot
F Ratio
F2 Phenotypic Phenotype - literally Cross pe ypic Ratio 2 F1 generation
Parental Cross F1Phenotype F2Ratio
Ratio means "the form that is Round x 5474 *only one of the two parental phenotypes seen in this
shown"; it is the Wrinkled Round Round:185 2.96:1 generation.
outward, physical Seed 0 Wrinkled
Round x Wrinkled 5474 Round:1850 appearance of a F2 generation
Yellow x 6022
Seed
Round
Wrinkled
2.96:1 particular trait *always produced a 3:1 ratio where the dominant
Green Yellow Yellow:200 3.01:1
trait is present 3X as often as the recessive trait.
Seeds 1 Green
Red x 705 Dominant - the phenotype that is expressed in the
Yellow x Green 6022 Yellow:2001 Red 3.15:1
Yellow 3.01:1 White Red:224 F1 generation from the cross of two pure lines
Seeds Green Flowers White
Tall x l787 Recessive - the phenotype that disappears in the
Red x White 705 Red:224 Dwarf Tall Tall:227 2.84:1 F1 generation from the cross of two pure lines and
Red 3.15:1 reappears in the F2 generation
Flowers White Plants Dwarf

l787 Tall:227
Tall x Dwarf Plants Tall 2.84:1
Dwarf

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Results from Mendel's Experiments

Mendel's Conclusions
F Pheno
Parental F1Phenot 2 1. The hereditary determinants are of a
typic F2Ratio
Cross ype
Ratio particulate nature. These determinants are
5474 called genes.
Round x
Wrinkled Round
Round:18
2.96:1
2. Each parent has a gene pair in each cell
Seed
50 for each trait studied. The F1 from a cross of
Wrinkled
two pure lines contains 1 allele for the
Yellow x 6022
Green Yellow Yellow:20 3.01:1 dominant phenotype and 1 allele for the
Seeds 01 Green recessive phenotype.
Red x 705 3. One member of the gene pair segregates
White
Flowers
Red Red:224
White
3.15:1
into a gamete, thus each gamete only
Tall x l787
carries one member of the gene pair.
Dwarf Tall Tall:227 2.84:1 4. Gametes unite at random and
Plants Dwarf irrespective of the other gene pairs involved

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Reference:

X Mendelian Genetics. Mendel’s First Law

https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~mcclean/plsc431/mendel/mende
l1.htm

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