Open a new window by pressing “Ctrl” and “N”.
Follow each link by clicking on the blue underlined words.
Follow the directions and answer the questions in red.
Answer the questions on a sheet of paper. Use complete sentences.
Mendel's Pea Plants
Read the website.
1. Why are the phenotype ratios approximate?
2. Why was Mendel lucky?
3. What is gene linkage?
4. What was one other interesting fact you learned?
Mendel's Peas Web Lab
Work through the tutorials.
5. What is meiosis? Why is it important?
6. What is a pedigree?
Play the game: The Princess and the Wrinkled Peas at least once.
7. What did you have to do to win?
Incomplete and Codominance
Click on “Enter Web Lab.”
Read each slide and follow the directions before clicking next.
8. Which color was dominant in pea plants?
9. What genotype produced white flowers?
10. What happens when you crossed a red and a white snapdragon? Which color was
dominant?
11. In lentils, what seed pattern is dominant?
12. Summarize dominance, incomplete dominance, and codominance.
13. Did human blood types show dominance, incomplete dominance, or codominance?
14. Did fur color in rabbits show dominance, incomplete dominance, or codominance?
15. Did coat color in horses show dominance, incomplete dominance, or codominance?
Genotype to Phenotype Web Lab
Play the Dragon Genetics game at least once.
16. What was the phenotype and genotype of the dragon that you had to match?
Monohybrid Cross Problem Set
Click on Begin Problem Set
Work through each problem. Make sure you click your answer on the webpage and read the
explanation.
Record the correct answer on your paper.
17. Which problems showed exceptions to Mendel’s rules? Explain.
Use any additional time to research one of the following Genetics topics. Record your findings.
Polygenic Traits
Multiple Alleles
Gene Linkage
Sex Linkage
Mutations
Genetic Engineering