Inheritance

Mendel & Heredity (Ch 8)

Labs

  1. Corn Genetics (MCC #21)

  2. Mice Genetics (DN)

  3. Fruit Fly Genetics (DN)

  4. Computer Simulated Genetics (DN)

Math Skills

    1. Fractions

    2. Probabilities

    3. Punnett squares

    4. Pedigrees

    5. Chi Square Analysis of Pedigrees

Objectives

Section 1: Origins of Genetics

    1. identify the investigator whose studies formed the basis of modern genetics.

    2. List characteristics that make the garden pea a good subject for genetic study.

    3. Summarize the three major steps of Gregor Mendel's garden pea experiments.

    4. Relate the ratios that Mendel observed in his crosses to his data.

Section 2: Mendel's Theory

    1. Describe the four major hypotheses Mendel developed.

    2. Define the terms homozygous, heterozygous, genotype, and phenotype.

    3. Compare Mendel's two laws of heredity.

Section 3: Studying Heredity

    1. Predict the results of monohybrid genetic crosses by using Punnett squares.

    2. Apply a test cross to determine the genotype of an organism with a dominant phenotype.

    3. Predict the results of monohybrid genetic crosses by using probabilities.

    4. Analyze a simple pedigree.

Section 4: Complex Patterns of Heredity

    1. identify five factors that influence patterns of heredity.

    2. Describe how mutations can cause genetic disorders.

    3. List two genetic disorders, and describe their causes and symptoms.

    4. Evaluate the benefits of genetic counseling.