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Lesson Outline Introduction Concept 1: Sexually reproducing organisms make sex cells or gametes. Concept 2: Genes are stable, passed on in sex cells and control traits Concept 3: Genes are a part of the chromosome and are found in pairs in somatic cells. Concept 4: Genes can change on occasion and the alternative version or allele may control the trait Concept 5: Individuals can be homozygous or heterozygous. Concept 6: Gene pairs associate and then separate during gamete formation Concept 7: Gametes combine at random to form the individuals in the next generation. Concept 8: One allele can be dominant over another or show a lack of dominance. Concept 9: The segregation of genes allows geneticists to make predictions. Concept 10: Segregation can be predicted based on independent assortment.

Just the facts Rate Me 1 2 3 4 5 Introduction Don Lee Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Patricia Hain Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Lesson Navigation Tips: - Click on ’Animations’ button found to the left in order to view the animation which supplements this lesson. You can also click on the animation icon within the text. - Click once on figures to see enlarged versions. - Click once on words in color to bring up their definitions. You have probably noticed that parents share many or most of their traits with their offspring. This observation came to the attention of humans long before scientific investigation developed. Human curiosity about the basis of trait inheritance is long standing but most of what we know about genetics has emerged through research from the past 100 years. The fundamental concepts of trait inheritance in sexually reproducing species will be described in this lesson. The classical experimental approach that revealed these principles will be described in the following two lessons. For now, we will focus just on the facts of how variation is inherited. Development of this lesson was supported in part by Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture under Agreement Number 98-EATP-1-0403 administered by Cornell University and the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC). Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Comments Be the first to write a comment... Add Comment

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