Mendelian Basis of

Inheritance
Gregor Mendel- Father of Genetics
Studies of Gregor Mendel
 Mendel’s 4 Postulates
 Unit factors in pairs
 Dominance /Recessiveness
 Segregation
 Independent Assortment
Monohybrid Cross
 Monohybrid Cross
 Genotype-genetic
makeup of an
individual
 Phenotype-physical
<> traits of an individual
as expressed from
the genotype
Testcross
 Problem Solving:
 1. In a cross between a black and a white guinea
pig, all members of the F1 generation are black.
The F2 generation is made up of ¾ black and ¼
white guinea pigs. Diagram this cross, showing
the genotypes and phenotypes.
 2. Albinism in humans is inherited as a simple
recessive trait. For the ff families, determine the
genotypes of parents and offspring. When two
alternative genotypes are possible, list both. A.
Two normal parents have five children, four
normal and one albino. B. A normal male and an
albino female have six children, all normal. C.
Which of the Mendel’s postulates are illustrated?
Dihybrid Cross
 Problem Solving:

 Mendel crossed peas having round seeds and yellow

cotyledons with peas having wrinkled seeds and green
cotyledons. All the F1 plants had round seeds with
yellow cotyledons. Diagram this cross through the F2
generation using both the Punnett square or branch
method.
 With regard to the ABO blood types in humans,
determine the genotypes of the male parent and female
parent: Male Parent: Blood type B whose mother was
type O Female Parent: Blood type A whose father was
type B. Predict the blood types of the offspring that this
couple may have and the expected proportion of each.
Principle of Segregation
Incomplete Dominance
 Multiple Allelism
 Dominance/Recessiveness
 Codominance
Epistasis
Trihybrid Cross
Human Inheritance