Mendelian genetics menu page

Web Links

The Mendel's web ; The Mendel's web reference page

Mendel's museum of genetics, Brno, Czech Republic (A glimpse of history and some animations; good.)

Glossary

Key terms of genetics (for classwork)

Some genetic terms that begin with letter C

Monohybrid inheritance

        Mendel's first law (The Law of Segregation)

Dihybrid inheritance

   A typical dihybrid cross shown by punnett squar (the 9:3:3:1 pattern)

   Dihybrid cross (fruitfly - wing type and eye colour), a classical cross among SsVv individuals  involving deduction and probability

   Explanation of Mendel's second law (The Law of Independent Assortment)

           by the behaviour of chromosomes during meiosis

    The textbook classical case of  TtPp, chalkboard work ; classwork activity sheet

    Causes of genetic variation in flowering plants

    Solving " genetic problems " - youngsters, be patient !  We do experience frustration, but don't give up !

Mendel in retrospect, his pioneering work

Linkage group

Sex linkage

Haemophilia I - natural cause (historical pedigree tree analysis of Royal families)

Autosome, heterosome and the concept of " genetically empty " on the X-chromosome

Complete dominance (Classical Mendelian sweat pea crosses)

Co-dominance (some examples of flower colour determination, ABO blood group - also multiple alleles)

Incomplete dominance / partial dominance 

        A typical cross, classwork ANSWER

Multiple alleles

Lethal alleles

Polygenic inheritance

Continuous variation