Here is the first homework to hand in, due next Monday 4/28.

Show your work
1) Mendel did experiments where he kept track of seed texture
(wrinkled or smooth). First, he created true breeding lines: parents
with smooth seeds produced offspring with smooth seeds, and parents
with wrinkled seeds produced offspring with wrinkled seeds. When he
crossed wrinkled with smooth peas from these true-breeding lines, all
of the offspring were smooth. Which trait is dominant? What happened
when he crossed members of the F1 generation? What would be the
genotypic ratio had he backcrossed members of the F1 generation with
individuals from the true breeding line (like their parents) with
smooth seeds? What about crossed between the F1 generation and the
wrinkled true-breeding line?

2) Describe the concept of the inheritance of acquired characteristics,
and explain why you think it is incorrect.