Unit 10 Objectives:
“Genetics”
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify the relationships among nucleic acids, genes, and chromosomes.
2. Distinguish among the Principles of: Dominance, Segregation, and Independent
Assortment
3. Distinguish between homozygous and heterozygous genotypes.
4. Understand how genotype controls phenotype.
5. Create a Punnett square to predict genotype and phenotype ratios.
6. Distinguish among and give examples of different types of inheritance; incomplete
dominance, co-dominance, multiple allele, sex-linked.
7. Interpret a pedigree.
8. List and describe various chromosomal abnormalities, their causes and effects.
9. Make connections between genetics and natural selection; gene (allelic)
frequencies and gene pool.
Vocabulary for which you are responsible:
Words You Already Know:
Words To Learn:
1. Somatic Cell
2. Gamete
3. Trait
4. Homologous Chromosomes
5. Genetics
6. Nucleic Acids
7. Genes
8. Chromosomes
9. Recessive
10. Dominant
11. Punnett Square
1. Phenotype
2. Genotype
3. Allele
4. Segregation
5. Independent Assortment
6. Homozygous
7. Heterozygous
8. Monohybrid Cross
9. Non-disjunction
10. Karyotype
11. Gene Frequencies
12. Gene pool
13. Incomplete Dominance
14. Co-dominance
15. Multiple Allele
16. Sex-linked
17. Pedigree