Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance

Notes Guide p. 153-179

1. Why has the genetic science of dog breeding advanced since the turn of the year 2003?

2. Explain the contributions of Hippocrates and Aristotle to the beginnings of genetics.

3. Background of Gregor Mendel

4. Describe the characteristics of Mendel’s test crosses:

Parents (P generation):

F1 Generation:

F2 Generation:

5. Define the terms:

Self-fertilize

Cross – Fertilization

True-Breeding

6. Describe Mendel’s Four Hypotheses:

7. What is a Punnett Square used for?

8. Define and give an and example for Phenotype:

9. Define and give an and example for Genotype:

Three Possible Gentopyes:

1.

2.

3.

10. Give an example of a dihybrid cross. Explain why Mendel’s dihybrid cross supports the Law of Independent Assortment

11. Why do scientists use a testcross? Give an example.

12. What two rules of probability are used in the study of genetics? Describe them.

13. Draw the pedigree given on p. 161. Explain how pedigrees are used.

14. Describe and give specific examples for the following disorders:

*Recessive Disorders:

Cystic Fibrosis

Dominant Disorders:

Achondroplasia

Huntington’s Disease

15. Describe technologies used in the field of Genetic Testing:

a, Amniocentisis:

b. Chrionic Villi Sampling (CVS

c. Fetal Imaging

d. Newborn Screenins.

VARIATIONS TO MENDELS LAWS

*For each of the following describe the mode of inheritance and work out an example using a Punnett Square

16. Incomplete Dominance

17. Multiple Alleles

18. Codominance

19. Pleiotropy

20. Polygenic Inheritance

The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

21. Define Linked Genes. Why do they tend to be inherited together?

22. Define Recombination Frequency: Give an example of how to calculate.

23. Explain the process of how scientists use cross-over data to map genes.

24. Explain what chromosomes determine sex in the following organisms:

Human

Grasshopper

Chicken

Bees

25. Define Sex-Linked gene. Give an example of a pedigree for a sex-linked

disorder.