Module 6
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Module 6—Mendelian Genetics: The Transmission of Traits to the Next Generation
Lesson Summary
During this lesson, you were to consider the following focusing question:
- How can ratios be used to analyze types of inheritance or to predict the possibility of a trait appearing in the next generation?
Through the practice questions and the coin toss lab, you have been given the opportunity to practise determining ratios. In the next lesson, you will use ratios to analyze the types of inheritance, such as sex-linked characteristics. By adding or multiplying the probabilities of individual traits, you have been able to predict the possible phenotypic outcomes of the next generation for two or three different traits. This can help answer genetic problems much more quickly than drawing out large Punnett squares.
Lesson Glossary
Consult the glossary in the textbook for other definitions that you may need to complete your work.
addition: to add or sum
probability: the likelihood of an event occurring; can be expressed as a decimal (0.20), fraction (
), or percentage
product: to multiply