Genetics

 Vocabulary you must know genetics, heredity, trait, chromosome, gene, Mendel, monohybrid cross, phenotype, genotype, allele, dominant, recessive, hybrid, first filial generation, second filial generation, Law of dominance, Law of factors, Law of segregation, Law of independence.

 Info Book chapter 10.1

Activity [|Intractive tutorial parts of a flower] [|Mendel web lab]

Questions you must be able to answer.

 Date:


 * 1) What are Mendel's four laws?
 * 2) What are alleles?
 * 3) What is the difference between a dominant allele and a recessive allele?
 * 4) What is the meaning of phenotype and genotype?
 * 5) How do organisms that are homozygous for a trait differ from those that are heterozygous?
 * 6) How is a Punnett square constructed?

Date
 * 1) What is a monohybrid cross?
 * 2) What is a hybrid?
 * 3) If two heterozygous organisms are mated what is the chance that the offspring will show the recessive trait?
 * 4) What is a test cross?
 * 5) How can a test cross be used to show whether a parent of unknown genotype is homo/heterozygous for a trait?