Question

Write a short note on Mendelism.

Hint:

Mendel's laws: Dominance, Segregation, Independent Assortment.

Answer 1

Mendelism refers to the principles of inheritance proposed by Gregor Mendel based on his experiments with pea plants.

Mendel formulated three laws of inheritance:

• Law of Dominance: In a heterozygous individual, the dominant allele is expressed while the recessive allele remains hidden.
• Law of Segregation: Alleles separate during gamete formation, ensuring each gamete carries only one allele.
• Law of Independent Assortment: Genes for different traits assort independently during gamete formation.

His work laid the foundation for modern genetics.