Download Bio 1 Unit Objectives Genetics

Bio 1 Unit Objectives
Genetics - Patterns of Inheritance
Readings:
Exploring Life: Chapter 10 (Concepts 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5)
Exploring Life: Chapter 12 (Concepts 12.2, 12.3)
Objectives: at the end of this unit, you should be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the blending hypothesis and the particulate
hypothesis of inheritance
2. Describe the methods Mendel used in his plant-breeding experiments
3. Explain Mendel’s principle of segregation
4. Describe how probability applies to genetics
5. Contrast genotype and phenotype
6. Explain Mendel’s principle of independent assortment
7. Describe how alleles interact in intermediate inheritance
8. Describe inheritance patterns involving multiple alleles
9. Explain how sex-linked genes produce different inheritance in males
and females
10. Explain why most sex-linked disorders are more common in males
11. Summarize the information provided in a pedigree
12. Explain how recessive, dominant and sex-linked disorders are
inherited
13. Describe how it is possible to predict certain genetic disorders.
Key Terms:
Trait
Genetics
Cross-fertilization
Hybrid
Monohybrid cross
Allele
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Dominant
Recessive
Punnett square
Phenotype
Genotype
Testcross
Dihybrid cross
Intermediate inheritance
Codominance
Sex-linked gene
Pedigree
Carrier
Genetic counselor