CP Biology Unit Plan: Chapter 13 “Patterns of Inheritance ”
Chapter 13: Patterns of Inheritance
Unit Length: 2 weeks
Goals/ Standards/Benchmarks:
Unit Components and Vocabulary for each section
Genes and Chromosomes
Mendelian Patterns of
Inheritance __________________
Allele
Probability
Karyotype
Monohybrid Cross
Genome
Parental (P) Generation
First Filial (F1) Generation
Second Filial (F2) Generation
Dominant Trait
Recessive Trait
Principle of Segregation
Genotype
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Phenotype
Principle of Independent
Assortment
Learner/Performance Objectives: “I Can”:
Genes and Chromosomes Mendelian Patterns of
Inheritance
1. Why did Mendel choose
pea plants to work with?
1. Distinguish between the
What types of traits did he
following pairs:
study in the peas?
Dominant vs. Recessive
Genotype vs. Phenotype
2. Describe the difference
Homozygous vs. Heterozygous
between eukaryotic DNA and
prokaryotic DNA.
2. Use Punnett Squares to
determine the genotype and
3. How many chromosomes phenotypes of possible offspring.
do human cells have?
3. Explain how gametes are formed
4. What was the goal of the
and how they transmit genetic
Human Genome Project?
information
What were the concerns?
Other Patterns of
Inheritance___________
Incomplete Dominance
Codominant
Multiple Alleles
Antibodies
X linked Trait
Nondisjunction
Multifactorial
Other Patterns of
Inheritance
Be able to work
examples and figure
possible genotypes and
phenotypes for:
Incomplete
Dominance
Codominance
Multiple Alleles
X-linked traits
Nondisjunction
Give examples and
explanations of multifactorial (gene) traits
Assignments:
1. Vocabulary/ Notes, Daily Quizzes, Probability Lab, Punnett Square Practice, Chapter Test