Agronomy and Horticulture Department
The Inheritance of Variation
Date of this Version
2003
Document Type
Article
Citation
Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary (PASSeL) Lesson
Abstract
Objectives
An introduction to genetic inheritance, including the principles of segregation and dominance.
At the completion of this lesson you should be able to:
- Define the following terms: truebreeding, M1, M2, M3, F1, F2, F3, gamete, gene, gene pairs, allele, genotype, phenotype, monohybrid cross, heterozygous, and homozygous.
- Apply the principles of segregation and dominance to explain the inheritance of traits that are carefully monitored in a classical genetics experiment.
- Explain why planting seeds in progeny rows helps a geneticist determine the genotype of parents.
Modules:
- Lesson home
- Objectives - The Inheritance of Variation
- Introduction - The Inheritance of Variation
- Experiment Outline - M1
- Experiment Outline - M2
- Experiment Outline - M3
- Explanations
- Experiment Summary Statements
- The Monohybrid Cross Experiments of Dr. James Specht
- Monohybrid Cross Experiment Outline
- Monohybrid Cross Experiment Data
- The Principle of Segregation
- Using Punnett Squares to Prove Segregation
- A Common Pattern
- Summary - The Inheritance of Variation
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Comments
Copyright © 2003 Don Lee. Used by permission.
Development of this lesson was supported in part by Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture under Agreement Number 98-EATP-1-0403 administered by Cornell University and the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.