Mendelian Genetics

Mendel's Discoveries

• Why study Medelian Genetics?
  • Curiosity
  • Understanding Inheritance
  • Good Model of Scientific Experimentation
• Mendel's Experiments are Good Models
• Mendelian Genetics Defined
• Biography of Mendel
• Related Web Sites
  • Mendelian Statistics and Probability
  • General Mendelian Genetics
  • Study Tools and Practice Quizes

Experiment I

• Brief Background
• Seven Contrasting Traits
• Monohybrid Cross
• Dominant vs. Recessive Traits
• Results from Mendel's Monohybrid Crosses

Terminology for Mendelian Genetics

• Particulate Theory
• Gene
• Alleles
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Phenotype
• Genotype

Segregation of Alleles

The Test Cross

• Test Cross
• Probabilities

Independent Assortment of Alleles

• Dihybrid Crosses
• Law of Independent Assortment

Bibliography

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