1. Genetics Since Mendel
After 1900 many scientists repeated Mendel’s experiments using different types of plants and found new results

2. I. Independent Assortment
Mendel wondered if alleles segregate independently. In other words, does the fact that the plant has a gene to be tall make it more likely to have a purple flower gene
A. Monohybrid crosses
B. Dihybrid crosses
1. Mendel’s 1st crosses using the genes for one trait
1. Mendel’s 2nd test, crossing 2 pure plants. Plant A had 2 dominant traits over Plant B who had homozygous recessive for both traits
2. He then crossed the offspring

3. I. Independent Assortment
C. The heterozygous offspring from the 1st crossed showed that the genes for different traits segregate independently during gamete formation(sperm/egg
1. This account for the wide variation between organisms of the same species

4. Review Mendel’s Principles
1. Inheritance is determined by individual units called genes. Passed on from parent to offspring.
2. With traits that have more than 1 form, some forms of that gene are dominant while others are recessive. (Law of Dominance)
3. Sexually reproducing organisms, each individual gets a copy from each parent.(Law of individual assortment)
4. Alleles segregate independently from one another (Law of segregation)

5. Most genes are beyond Mendel’s work since not all genes show simple dominant and recessive alleles. Most traits are determined by multiple alleles and multiple genes

6. II. Incomplete Dominance
A. When progeny of 2 homozygous parents show an intermediate phenotype this inheritance is called incomplete dominance. No allele is completely dominant (All Caps for cross)
1. Example: Red flower plant crossed with a White flower plant produced Pink flowered plants

7. III. Codominance
A. Both alleles contribute to the phenotype, the appearance is a speckled animal
Ex. Ermitte chicken, Roan cow, Geckos, AB Blood

8. IV. Multiple Alleles
A. Mendel studied traits in pea plants where only two alleles controlled them.
B. Many traits however, are controlled by more than 2 alleles and are said to be multiple allele that produce more than 3 phenotypes
1. Example: blood type (IA, IB & i)

9. V. Polygenic Inheritance
A. A trait that is produced by a combination of genes is called polygenic inheritance
1. Examples: Skin color (4 genes), eye color, height

10. VI. Linked Genes
A. Some genes on the same chromosome stay together during assortment & move as a group. This group of genes are considered linked genes & are usually inherited together.
1. The frequency of crossing-over between any 2 linked alleles is proportional to the distance between them.
Farther apart more likely to separate during crossing-over more recombination

11. VII. Genetics & the Environment
A. Characteristics are determined by interaction between genes and the environment.
1. Temperature can alter how genes can be expressed
2. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer bipolar disorder all have a genetic component with environmental influence. (nature vs. nuture)

12. Dihybrid cross:
In certain bacteria, an oval shape is dominant over round and thick cell walls are dominant over thin. Cross a heterozygous oval, thick cell walled bacteria with a round, thin cell walled bacteria. Describe the phenotype of the offspring.