Unit 5: Heredity

Learning Objective

You will be able to:

• Meiosis

  • Explain how meiosis results in the transmission of chromosomes from one generation to the next.

  • Describe similarities and/or differences between the phases and outcomes of mitosis and meiosis.

• Meiosis and Genetic Diversity

  • Explain how the process of meiosis generates genetic diversity.

• Mendelian Genetics

  • Explain how shared, conserved, fundamental processes and features support the concept of common ancestry for all organisms.

  • Explain the inheritance of genes and traits as described by Mendel’s laws.

• Non-Mendelian Genetics

  • Explain deviations from Mendel’s model of the inheritance of traits.

• Environmental Effects on Phenotype

  • Explain how the same genotype can result in multiple phenotypes under different environmental conditions.

• Chromosomal Inheritance

  • Explain how chromosomal inheritance generates genetic variation in sexual reproduction.
    

AP Bio Course and Exam Description for Unit 5.

Slides

Laboratory

• Chi Squared with M&M's

Homework

Monohybrid Cross Problem Set  

Links and Embedded Videos

Khan Academy: Heredity  

Understanding Probability  

Genes get shuffled when chromosomes exchange pieces.