Title: Explain Mendelian principles of inheritance.
Course: Biological Applications in Agriculture (18308-I) > Section: Understanding Basic Genetics

Explanation should include

- Mendel’s selective breeding experiments with pea plants to establish genes as the units of heredity (trait, alleles, fertilization)
- law of dominance (dominant and recessive genes)
- law of independent assortment
- law of segregation (gametes).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How have Mendel’s three laws influenced modern genetics?
- What is the result of genetic hybridization?
- What is the difference between natural and artificial selection?
- What are some examples of artificial selection in agriculture?
- What life processes are used in Mendel’s genetic law?
- How are organisms altered according to Mendel’s genetic law?
- What limits exist in Mendelian genetics?