• Mendelian Genetics Study Guide

. Phenotype. Genotype. Allele. Trait.

Homozygous. Heterozygous. Dominant.

Recessive. True breeding. Law of independent assortment. Law of segregation. Test cross Study Guide Questions. Understand Gregor Mendel’s experiments, his results, and his conclusions. Clearly relate MEIOSIS to Mendel’s work.

Given data from a genetic cross, be able to determine information about how the trait in question is inherited. Be able to successfully “do” both monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. Understand the labels P, F1, F2 in reference to various genetic crosses. What is a test cross? When is it used?

Mendelian Genetics Study Guide

Be able to interpret the results of a test cross. Clearly connect the following 3 words: genotype, phenotype, protein.