Biology Chapter 11: Genetics and Meieosis
Vocabulary and Learning Targets
1. I can describe Mendel’s experiments with pea plants and his principle of dominance. (11-1)
2. I can identify the basic reproductive structures of a flower and explain their purpose. (22-5)
3. I can explain how genes for different traits can be distributed independently of each other
according to Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment. (11-3)
4. I can explain how alleles are equally distributed into gametes according to Mendel’s Law of
Segregation. (11-1)
5. I can use a Punnett square to predict phenotype and genotype of offspring for a monohybrid
cross and a dihybrid cross. (11-2)
6. I can solve genetic problems involving complex inheritance: incomplete dominance, codominance, polygenic traits, multiple alleles (blood type). (11-3)
7. I can summarize the events of meiosis. (11-4)
8. I can contrast the chromosome number of body cells and gametes. (11-4)
9. I can compare the purpose and events of mitosis and meiosis. (11-4)
10. I can explain how a gene map is produced and used. (11-5)
Vocabulary:
allele
chromosome
diploid
recessive
phenotype
segregation
codominance
polygenic trait
stamen/filament
fertilization
gene
chromatin
haploid
homozygous
genetics
probability
multiple alleles
ovule
anther
pollen tube
trait
sister chromatids
gamete
heterozygous
true-breeding
independent assortment
gene map
sepal
ovary
carpel
heredity
homologous pairs/tetrads
dominant
genotype
hybrid
incomplete dominance
crossing over
petal
stigma/style