Predicting Inherited Traits
Science · Ecosystems & Habitats · conceptual
Explain how alleles are inherited in sexual reproduction and use Punnett squares to predict the probability of offspring inheriting a characteristic, including dominant and recessive alleles
What mastery looks like
- Defines allele, dominant, and recessive in the context of inheritance
- Constructs a Punnett square for a monohybrid cross and calculates probability ratios
- Explains the difference between genotype and phenotype
- Gives an example of a human characteristic controlled by dominant/recessive alleles
Check your understanding
If Predicting Inherited Traits was asked why two brown-eyed parents can have a blue-eyed child, could they explain what dominant and recessive alleles are and show how it works using a Punnett square?
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