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Plants and Society, 4/e
Dr. Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa
Karen McMahon, University of Tulsa

Genetics

Chapter 7 Outline


Chapter Outline

MENDELIAN GENETICS 105
  Gregor Mendel and the Garden Pea 105
  Monohybrid Cross 106
  Dihybrid Cross 108
BEYOND MENDELIAN GENETICS 109
  Incomplete Dominance 109
  Multiple Alleles 109
  Polygenic Inheritance 109
ACLOSER LOOK 7.1—SOLVING GENETICS PROBLEMS 110
  Linkage 112
MOLECULAR GENETICS 113
  DNA—The Genetic Material 113
ACLOSER LOOK 7.2—TRY THESE GENES ON FOR SIZE 114
  Genes Control Proteins 116
  Transcription and the Genetic Code 117
  Translation 119
  Mutations 119
  Recombinant DNA 120
CHAPTER SUMMARY 121
REVIEW QUESTIONS 121
ADDITIONAL GENETICS PROBLEMS 121
FURTHER READING 122
LEARNING ONLINE 122