GENETICS (PATTERNS of INHERITANCE) STUDY GUIDE (H)
Major Learnings:
Describe how genetic information is inherited and expressed.
Essential and Guiding Questions:
1. What are the basic principles of inheritance?
2. What patterns exist in inheritance?
3. How are genes regulated?
4. What is the functional relationship between DNA, genes, alleles and chromosomes in their roles of
inheritance?
Be able to:
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Solve genetics problems using simple probability (punnett squares) to predict outcomes
(phenotypes and genotypes) of various crosses for all patterns of inheritance.
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Interpret a pedigree showing inheritance of diseases.
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Describe the difference between genotype and phenotype.
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Describe the difference between homozygous and heterozygous.
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Describe the Mendelian Principle of Dominance.
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Describe and/or predict observed patterns of inheritance: Dominant, Recessive, Incomplete
Dominance, Codominance, Multiple Alleles, Polygenic Traits, Sex-Linkage, Sex-Influenced in both
Monohybrid and Dihybrid Crosses.
VOCABULARY TERMS
Agglutination
Oogenesis
Antibodies
P1 generations
Antigens
Parent Cross
Autosomal Dominant
Pedigree
Autosomal Recessive
Phenotype
Codominance
Polygenic
Complete Dominance
Principle of Dominance
Dihybrid
Punnett Square
Dominant allele/gene
Pure
F1, F2 generations
Recessive allele/gene
Gametogenesis
Rh
Gene
Sex-Linked
Genotype
Sex-Influenced
Heterozygous
Spermatogenesis
Homozygous Dominant
SRY gene
Homozygous Recessive
Test Cross
Incomplete Dominance
Universal Donor
Linked genes
Universal Recipient
Mendel
Zygote
Monohybrid
Multiple Alleles