Question

Answer the following: -

i. What are genetics? Write the meaning of inheritance.

ii. Draw a Pedigree Chart to show inheritance in you and your siblings of

any of the characters studied.

iii. Comment on whether you got the gene from the father or mother, and

write a sentence as evidence for the same.
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Answer 1

Please refer to the explanation below.

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Genetics is the study of genes and heredity.

2) Refer to the pedigree chart attached. The gene studied is eye color. Father (square on the pedigree) has a dominant gene (brown eyes), while Mother (round on the pedigree) has a recessive gene (blue eyes). Me and my brother have brown eyes (shaded square and round) while my younger brother has the recessive gene (unshaded square).

I hope this answers your question.