Elizabeth Duncan - Chapter 3: Genetics

Who formed the foundational work on genetics?

Gregor Mendel

What did Mendel’s experiment show?

What did Mendel’s P1 generation show?

What happened when Mendel crossed yellow and green peas?

What is Mendel’s Law of Segregation?

What is a punnett square?

How are punnett squares used in biotechnology?

What is the Law of Independent Assortment?

Why is the Law of Independent Assortment important in biotechnology?

What is a testcross?

What is homozygous?

What is heterozygous?

Why are test crosses important in biotechnology?

What is incomplete dominance?

What does incomplete dominance show in biotechnology?

What is codominance?

What is an example of a trait determined by codominance?

Why is codominance important in biotechnology?

What Is polygenic inheritance?

What is a classic example of polygenic inheritance?

What type of results does polygenic inheritance produce?

How is sex determined?

Why is sex determination important in biotechnology?

How are sex linked traits determined?

Why are males more likely to express X-linked disorders?

How do females express sex linked disorders?

Why is it important to understand sex-linked inheritance in biotechnology?

What are chromosomal alterations?

What is deletion?

What is inversion?

What is translocation?

What is duplication?

What is crossing over?

Why is crossing over important in science and biotechnology?

When does crossing over occur?

What is nondisjunction?

What is the result of nondisjunction?

What diseases does nondisjunction help explain?

What is Down’s syndrome?

What is Turner syndrome?

What is Klinefelter syndrome?