Objectives: (These are the major things you should know after you have completed this unit. HINT: These are the areas that you will be tested on!!)
1. Explain
how Mendel discovered the law of heredity using the information available
to him.
2. Outline
the garden pea experiments of Gregor Mendel.
3. Given
the means of inheritance of a specific trait, (dominant, recessive,
incomplete dominance, sex-linked) predict
the results of a cross of a parental
or F1 generation. (genotypes and phenotypes)
4. Identify
the parental, F1, and F2 generations in the transmission of a trait.
5. Given
the results of a cross and the method of inheritance of a trait,
determine the genotypes and phenotypes of
the parents.
6. Set
up a Punnett Square to predict the outcome (genotypes and phenotypes)
of monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.
7. Given
the genotypes and/or phenotypes of parents and their offspring,
determine the mode of inheritance for the
trait in question.
Vocabulary: (You will be quizzed on these words at the BEGINNING of the unit. This is done before the student begins to read the text. Research has shown that students are more likely to read and understand assignments if they have already been exposed to unfamiliar words.) By test time, you should understand how each word relates to the current unit.
dominance
recessive
genotype
phenotype
homozygous heterozygous
Punnett square
sex-linked
incomplete dominance
haploid
diploid
allele
gamete
fertilization
zygote
anticodon
monohybrid
dihybrid
parental generation
F1 generation F2 generation
Textbook Readings :
Assigned, read, and
notes taken over:
The Cartoon Guide to Genetics, pages 37-55; 91-93
Optional:
Genetics, a Human Perspective, pages 37; 39; 50-62; 109-115