16. Genetics

Concepts
Replication of DNA
Mutations

• Causes of Mutations
• Effects of Mutations
• Somatic Mutations
• DNA Repair Process

Monohybrid Crosses

• Monohybrid Crosses with Incomplete Dominance
• Crossing Heterozygotes with Themselves
• Monohybrid Crosses with Complete Dominance
• Test Crosses
• Multiple Alleles

Dihybrid Crosses

• Genes on Separate Chromosomes: Independent Assortment
• Crossing Over
• Genes on the Same Chromosomes: Linkage

Multiple Genes for One Character
Other Aspects of Inheritance

• Maternal Inheritance
• Lethal Alleles
• Multiple Sets of Chromosomes

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