12.2 Applying Mendel's Principles

12.2 Applying Mendel's Principles

Learning Targets

• Explain how probability can be used to predict inherited traits

• Explain how alleles segregate when more than one gene is involved

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of a flipped coin getting "heads"?

• 1/1

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

Open Ended

What is the probability of a coin being flipped 4 times and getting a heads each time?

Explain how the principles of probability influence segregation of alleles

Multiple Choice

A geneticist determines that the probability of a child having red hair is 1/4. Does this guarantee that if the parents have 4 children, that one and ONLY one will have red hair?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Can two individuals have a different GENOTYPE but still have the same PHENOTYPE?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What is the purpose of a Punnett Square?

Open Ended

What did Mendel learn from his two factor cross with F₁ parents to create the F₂ generation?