Chapter 8: Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter Overview
Learning Objectives
By the end of this Chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe how Gregor Mendel’s experiments with pea plants challenged the blending theory of inheritance.
- Describe Mendel’s monohybrid experiments, including the P, F1, and F2 generations, using diagrams or Punnett squares.
- Explain the Law of Segregation, relating it to modern concepts of alleles and gamete formation.
- Explain the Law of Independent Assortment.
- Apply Mendel’s laws of inheritance to predict simple inheritance patterns through Punnett squares.
- Explain how Mendel’s discoveries about heredity apply broadly to sexually reproducing organisms, including humans.
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