Genetics

Solving a Genetic Mystery
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/solving-genetic-mystery

Standards
Strand 2: History and Nature of Science
PO 2.
Evaluate the effects of the following major scientific milestones on society:
- Mendelian Genetics

Strand 4: Life Science

Concept 2

Learn.Genetics: Basic Genetics
https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/

Mendelian Genetics
http://knowgenetics.org/mendelian-genetics/

Mendel's Plants
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/mendel-garden

PO 2
Explain the basic principles of heredity using the human examples of:
- eye color
- widow's peak
- blood type

Observable Human Traits
https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/observable/

Human Mendelian Traits
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/mendelian-traits-humans

Human Genetic Problem Set
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/human_genetics/human_genetics.html

Color Blindness Problem Set
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/color_blindness/questions.html

PO 3
Distinguish between the nature of dominant and recessive traits in humans.

Dominant Inheritance
http://knowgenetics.org/dominant-inheritance/
This includes the dominant trait of the presence of a widow's peak (a V-shape).

Recessive Inheritance
http://knowgenetics.org/934-2/