1A.

FIVE ADVANTAGES OF GARDEN PEA (PISUM SATIVUM)

1. Weight Management:
2. Stomach cancer prevention:
3. Anti-aging, strong immune system, and high energy:
4. Prevention of wrinkles, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, bronchitis, osteoporosis and candida
5. Blood sugar regulation:
1B. SEVEN BASIC TRAITS/CHARACTERS OF INTEREST IN GARDEN PEA
1. Seed color (yellow or green);
2. Seed shape (round or wrinkled);
3. Seed coat color (gray or white);
4. Flower position (axial or terminal);
5. Stem length (short or tall);
6. Pod color (yellow or green); and
7. Pod shape (inflated or constricted).

1C. FIVE FACTORS THAT MADE MENDEL’S EXPERIMENTS SUCCESSFUL

 The pea plant which Mendel chose for conducting experiments, is most ideal for
controlled breeding, since it can easily be subjected to cross pollination.

 He identified very clear contrasting characters in the pea plants.

 He selected pure breeding plants for his experiments. He is said to have spent about
2 years to ascertain this characteristic feature.

 Mendel concentrated at a time only on the inheritance on one particular trait, with
the two contrasting conditions, instead of attempting the inheritance of entire set of
characters in the plant.

 He maintained an accurate record of all the observations he made on the breeding

experiments that he had designed.
2A. MEANINGS OF THE FOLLOWING GENETICS TERMS

Allelomorphs
Allelomorph is another term used for allele. It is a synonym of allele. Alleles are a pair of
alternative forms of a gene.

Phenotype

The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its
genotype with the environment.
Genotype

The genetic constitution of an individual organism.

Homozygous
Homozygous is a word that refers to a particular gene that has identical alleles on both
homologous chromosomes.

Dominance

The phenomenon whereby, in an individual containing two allelic forms of a gene, one is
expressed to the exclusion of the other.
Recessiness

Relating to the form of a gene that is not expressed as a trait in an individual unless two
such genes are inherited, one from each parent.

Surpergene

A supergene is a group of neighbouring genes on a chromosome which are inherited

together because of close genetic linkage and are functionally related in an evolutionary
sense, although they are rarely co-regulated genetically.

Genepol
The Genepool is a machine that allows you to break down bees into Raw DNA for use in
other machines by using Ethanol and Enzymes

Genome
The haploid set of chromosomes in a gamete or microorganism, or in each cell of a
multicellular organism.
3A. VARIATION

Variation, in biology, any difference between cells, individual organisms, or groups of

organisms of any species caused either by genetic differences (genotypic variation) or by
the effect of environmental factors on the expression of the genetic potentials (phenotypic
variation). Variation may be shown in physical appearance, metabolism, fertility, mode of
reproduction, behaviour, learning and mental ability, and other obvious or measurable
characters.

3B. TYPES OF VARIATION FOUND IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS

Natural selection operates on populations without human intervention. Wild plant

populations may be subjected to some environmental factor which will cause some of their
individuals to survive and leave a greater number of offspring in succeeding
generations than other members of the population.

Artificial selection operates on populations by means of human intervention. Humans

manipulate the individuals in the population and/or they manipulate the environmental
factors to which the population is subjected.
4a. Blood groups of Human
Group A
Group B
Group AB
Group O
4b. Blood groups to Rhesus factors
ABO Blood Groups Rh-positive Rh-negative

A 61 (20.0%) 5 (1.6 %)

B 76 (24.9%) 4(1.3%)

AB 15 (4.9 %) 0 (0 %)

O 144 (45.9%) 4 (1.3%)