EBIO 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gregor Mendel, Punnett Square, Meiosis
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Outline: the work of gregor mendel, probability and genetic outcomes, complications on genes and traits. What happens to cells at the chromosomal level during segregation: haploid cells are arising from diploid ones. Mendel did not know about genes or chromosomes perse. Law of segregation can be phrased as stating that the two alleles an individual possesses for a given gene separate during gamete formation. Mendel"s law of segregation is used to construct a punnett square . This simple square tells you the expected frequencies of genotypes and phenotypes from a particular cross. 2 alleles x 2 alleles = 4 outcomes, 1:1:1:1. Only 3 distinct genetic types, or genotypes 1:2:1. Only 2 distinct traits, or phenotypes, 3:1: 3, 2. Suppose there are two alleles of a gene, called a and a, and a is dominant to a. In a cross, aa x aa, among the offspring there are _____ possible genotypes and _____ possible phenotypes.