Study Guide

Hint: You need to know the theory in order to apply it. Do practice questions in your booklet!

• explain Gregor Mendels Law of Segregation and law of independent assortment
• define the following terms: gene, allele, genotype, phenotype, homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, recessive, 
• explain how to do a monohybrid and dihybrid cross
• be able to do a punnet square 
• write phentotype and genotype ratio
• explain and provide examples for incomplete and co-dominance

Study Guide

• explain Gregor Mendels Law of Segregation and law of independent assortment
• define the following terms: gene, allele, genotype, phenotype, homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, recessive, 
• explain how to do a monohybrid and dihybrid cross
• be able to do a punnet square 
• write phentotype and genotype ratio
• explain and provide examples for incomplete and co-dominance

1. Identify the processes of the cell cycle (interphase, mitosis and cytokinesis)
2. identify the main purpose of mitosis and meiosis
3. explain each phase of mitosis and meiosis
4. identify phases of meiosis and meiosis (study diagrams) 
5. explain where mitosis and meiosis happen (somatic vs. germ cells)
6. explain the end result of mitosis and meiosis (number of chromosomes and cells)
7. be able to distinguish  between the following terms chromosome, chromatin, sister chromatid, repluicated and un-replicated chromosome, homologous chromosomes, haploid and diploid.