What to Study for the Genetics Test

 

 

Know the similarities and differences in mitosis and meiosis.

Know how to determine the probability of events happening and to determine percent deviation.

Know how to make Punnett Squares and solve genetics problems including two factor crosses.

Know how to read a pedigree and determine genotypes from a pedigree.

Know how to make and read a karyotype.

 

Vocabulary:

allele

autosome

codominance

diploid

dominant

F₁, F₂

gamete

genotype

gonad

haploid

heterozygous

homolog

homologous

homozygous

hybrid

incomplete dominance

monoploid

nondisjunction

oogenesis

P₁

phenotype

pure

recessive

spermatogenesis

trait

zygote