Learning Objectives

• Define the genetic terms to describe units of inheritance, their modes of inheritance and apply these terms
• Interpret Mendel’s pea experiments and conclude what the outcome will be
• Utilise Punnett squares to assess genotypes and phenotypes in offspring
• Explain Mendel’s First Law, The Law of Segregation
• Explain and compare the principles of co-dominance and incomplete dominance, where the phenotype does not follow traditional dominant/recessive patterns

Genetics

• what is a gene?
• what is a trait?
• what is a heterozygote vs a homozygote?

Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance

• what were the parameters for Mendel's experiments?
• how did Mendel prove dominance?
• what is a dominant vs a recessive trait?
• what is Mendel's Law of Segregation?
• what are the exceptions to Mendel’s laws?