what did charles darwin theorize
offspring have variations of their parents’ characteristics but unable to explain why
Gregor Mendel
-pea plants
-study genetics, heredity, & variation
F1 generation
offspring from the cross of the parent
hybrids
individuals that contain more than 1 variation of a trait and therefor can pass on more than one variation to future generations
phenotypes
the appearance of traits in an organism
genotype
the specific genes that an organism has