Learn more about Mendelian inheritance in humans.

Explore the following links. Be sure to visit the Concept, Animation, and Problem sections of each. Then do the assignment.

Mendelian Laws Apply to Human Beings
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/13/concept/index.html

Think about: What is the difference between simple Mendelian inheritance and sex-linked inheritance?

Mendelian Genetics Cannot Fully Explain Human Health and Behavior
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/14/concept/index.html

Think about: What are some of the fallacies of a simple conception of genetic inheritance of complex traits in humans?

Writing Assignment: Go to the Online Inheritance in Man website http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Details&DB=omim. Type in an OMIM search for albinism (the condition wherein the pigments of the skin are not effectively produced). How many kinds of albinism do you find? Take one of the example types (such as OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM, TYPE II; OCA2) and answer the following questions:

1			How does this type of albinism work?
2			Who discovered it?
3			Where is the faulty sequence of DNA located?