Test 3 Study Guide Review
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Module 9: Genetics
You should be able to:
• Define hereditary
• Know about Mendel
• Explain why Mendel used pea plants for his experiments
• Track inheritance through the P, F1 and F2 generation
• Define the following terms: dominant, recessive, homozygous dominant, heterozygous,
homozygous recessive, genotype, phenotype, test cross, gene, allele, locus
o Dominant
o Recessive
o Homozygous dominant
o Heterozygous
o Heterozygous recessive
o Genotype
o Phenotype
o Test cross
o Gene
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o Allele
o Locus
• Use a punnett square for a monhybrid cross, dihybrid cross, and a sex-linked cross
• State the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment
• Understand how incomplete dominance and codominance differ from complete
dominance and be able to recognize them in a question or punnett square or give an
example of each
• Define epistasis and pleiotropy
• Define and be able to recognize a karyotype
• Explain generally the difference between an X and
• a Y chromosome
• Define mutation and genetic disorder
