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Study guide for Ch 9 test //
Chapter 9
- what are Mendel's three Laws?
- define: heterozygous, homozygous, dominant, recessive, phenotype, genotype
- know how to do a Punnett Square for: a) recessive, b) dominant, c) sex-linked disorders, and d) human blood groups
- explain what happens in each of the following and give a specific example: incomplete dominance, co-dominance, multiple alleles
- make sure you understand about sex chromosomes (see Fig. 9.22)
- know how to calculate the PHENOTYPIC frequencies from a DIHYBRID cross
- what are linked genes? what effect does cross-overs have on the genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring (compared to the parents)? how do you calculate recombination frequency? what does a gene linkage map show you?

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