Mitosis, Meiosis, And Patterns Of Inheritance Worksheet

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UNIT FIVE: MITOSIS, MEIOSIS, AND PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
Chapters 6 (omit 6.2), 7.1 (omit 7.2), and 8
1. Explain the role of cell division in growth, repair, and reproduction.
2. Explain what a karyotype is and how it is used by genetic counselors to diagnose genetic
disorders including monosomy and trisomy.
3. Compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis.
4. Relate genetic variation to cell division and evolution.
5. Distinguish between dominant traits and recessive traits.
6. Explain the relationship between genotype and phenotype using the terms homozygous and
heterozygous.
7. Explain Mendelʼs three laws of inheritance.
8. Explain how probability is used in genetic predictions.
9. Construct and analyze Punnett squares for monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.
11. Perform a test cross to determine the genotype of an unknown individual.
12. Interpret pedigrees to determine the likelihood of an individual having a genetic disorder.
13. Perform crosses for dominant and recessive genetic disorders.
14. Explain and perform crosses involving codominance, incomplete dominance, multiple alleles,
polygenic traits, and sex-linked alleles.
15. Explain how traits are influenced by the environment.
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