Genetics Quiz

<p>Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Within the context of the cell, the organism, and within the context of a population</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno, was the first to study genetics scientifically.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mendel studied 'trait inheritance', patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes are still primary principles of genetics in the 21st century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gene structure and function, variation, and distribution are studied within the context of the cell, the organism (e.g. dominance), and within the context of a population.</p> Signup and view all the answers