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Biology Name: Bio 101 Homework Patterns of Inheritance This week we used the genetics cards to illustrate important genetic principles. This homework packet is aimed at addressing your understanding of these concepts. 1. Define the Law of Segregation using the book definition, THEN explain this concept using your own words. 2. Define the Law of Independent Assortment using the book definition, THEN explain this concept using your own words. 3. How do the Law of Segregation, Law of Independent Assortment, AND Crossing Over create genetic diversity during meiosis? 4. Define the following terms (using your own words) a. Homozygous b. Heterozygous c. Allele d. Locus e. Dominant (alleles) f. Recessive (alleles) g. Genotype h. Phenotype i. Linkage

 5. On the back of the paper, draw two homologous chromosomes that are heterozygous for the elephant ears. Would this person have the elephant ears phenotype if the normal ears allele is dominant?

6. If a woman who is heterozygous for attached earlobes (Aa- attached earlobes is the recessive allele) and also for widows peak (Ww Widows peak is the dominant allele) reproduces with a man who is also heterozygous for both of these traits, what are all the possible phenotypic outcomes of their potential offspring. Use the back to draw a dihybrid cross. 7. The following pedigree illustrates a family in which a father and a son both share a recessive disorder for the gene that causes an autosomal recessive disease. What are the genotypes of all the members of the family?

8. Why do sex-linked disorders affect mostly male offspring?

9. What are the four non-Mendelian modes of inheritance (described in class)? Please describe them in your own words.