Non-Mendelian Inheritance

Key to Correction
Learning Task # 1 Handout: Exploring Snapdragon (Total for LT1=18 points)

POINTS: (2 points each)

Guide Questions:
1. The law of inheritance was proposed by Gregor Mendel after conducting experiments on pea
plants for seven years.
The Mendel’s laws of inheritance include law of dominance, law of segregation and law of
independent assortment.
The law of segregation states that every individual possesses two alleles and only one allele is
passed on to the offspring.
The law of independent assortment states that the inheritance of one pair of genes is independent
of inheritance of another pair.
2. The two alleles are R (for red) and W (for white)
3. Incomplete Dominance-a heterozygote shows a phenotype that is intermediate between the two
homozygous phenotypes. Neither the allele is dominant over the other.

Exploring Snapdragon (Punnett Square-F2 Generation)

POINTS: (12 points each)
FRFW x FRFW
FRFW/ FRFW FR FW
FR FRFR FRFW
(RED) (PINK)

FW FRFW FW FW
(PINK) (WHITE)
GENOTYPIC RATIO: 1:2:1 1 FRFR: 2 FRFW: 1 FWFW
PHENOTYPIC RATIO: 1:2:1 25% Red, 50% Pink, 25% White

Learning Task # 2 Answers to questions in page 20. (Total for LT2=10 points)
POINTS: (5 points each)
1. Based on the results of genetic crosses, the red and white alleles remain separate and distinct.
Half the gametes of the snapdragon carry the allele for red and half carry the allele for white. A
completely dominant allele does not occur resulting to an intermediate which is the snapdragon
with pink color.
2. The result will be completely different because there will be no intermediate. If the red and white
flower will be crossed there will be only homozygous red (FRFR), heterozygous red (FRFW) and
homozygous white (FWFW) as the phenotypes of the offspring for F1 and F2 generation.

Learning Task # 3 Multiple Alleles (Total for LT3=24 points)

Note: Please disregard the guide questions.
POINTS: (12 points for each filial generation)
A. Black (CC) x Chinchilla (cchcch)
F1
CC x cchcch

CC / cchcch cch cch

C Ccch Ccch
(Black/Wild Type) (Black/Wild Type)

C Ccch Ccch
(Black/Wild Type) (Black/Wild Type)
GENOTYPIC RATIO: 1:0 4 Ccch
PHENOTYPIC RATIO: 1:0 100% Black

F2
Ccch x Ccch

Ccch / Ccch C cch

C CC Ccch
(Black/Wild Type) (Black/Wild Type)

cch Ccch cchcch

(Black/Wild Type) (Chinchilla)
GENOTYPIC RATIO: 1:2:1 1CC: 2 Ccch: 1 cchcch
PHENOTYPIC RATIO: 3:1 75% Black/Wild Type, 25% Chinchilla
Learning Task # 4 Multiple Alleles (Total for LT4=24 points)
Note: Please disregard the guide questions.
POINTS: (12 points for each filial generation)
B. Himalayan (chch) x Albino (cc)
F1
chch x cc

chch / cc c c
ch ch c ch c
(Himalayan) (Himalayan)

ch ch c ch c
(Himalayan) (Himalayan)
GENOTYPIC RATIO: 1:0 4chc
PHENOTYPIC RATIO: 1:0 100% Himalayan

F2
chc x chc

ch c / ch c ch c
ch ch ch ch c
(Himalayan) (Himalayan)

c ch c cc
(Himalayan) (albino)
GENOTYPIC RATIO: 1:2:1 1 chch: 2 chc: 1 cc
PHENOTYPIC RATIO: 3:1 75% Himalayan, 25% Albino
Learning Task # 5 Family Tree (Total for LT5=15 points)

No Point One Point Three Points Five Points Score

No title, Does not give Gives very Family tree is

name or any little easily readable
date; no identifying information and
labels for elements about about the understandable.
Title /
graphics or the family family Very
Labels identifying informative.
elements
about the
family

Little or no A few facts Several facts Contains

information but no details are given numerous facts
Content about the are given with interesting
family is details
given

Family Tree Family Tree

Family Tree
understandable Family Tree is could stand on
Neatness/ was
after somewhat its own and
Clarity haphazardly
explanation understandable still be
put together
only understood

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