Lesson 7 - Autosomal Pedigrees

In this lesson you will learn about

1. Watch this video to learn about pedigrees, which are used for tracking traits through generations of people. Don't worry too much about the X-linked pedigrees and traits as this will the focus of the next lesson. 

2. Once you've watched the video answer the questions from this document. These questions will help make sure that you correctly understand the information from the lesson. This has questions from the next lesson as well. You will be able to answer the questions that are not sex chromosomes (sex-linked genes). After the next lesson you will do the rest of the questions.

3. Read Chapter 17 pages 610-613 from the textbook for a deeper understanding of this material.

4. Complete the pedigrees assignment

This PowerPoint outlines all the main points that you need to know from this lesson. You can use this PowerPoint as a review when you revisit this information at a later date.