Gerbil Genetics ~ The Learning Curve

The Gerbil Genetics Learning Centre

Contents

Section 1

• Basic Genetics
• The Cellular Journey
• Cell Division
• Mitosis & Meiosis
• Mitosis
• Errors in Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Errors in Meiosis

Section 2

• Gerbil Mutations
• What exactly is a Mutation?

Section 3

• Mendel's Laws applied to Gerbil coat colours
• Mendelian Traits
• Mendelian Inheritance
• Mendel's First Law
• Zygosity
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Hemizygous
• Dominant & Recessive Genes
• The Punnett Square & The Probability Of Inheritance
• The Monohybrid Cross
• Filials

Section 4

• Mendel's Second Law
• The Dihybrid Cross
• The Test Cross or Backcross
• Monohybrid Test Cross
• Dihybrid Test Cross

Section 5

• When Punnett Squares Deviate From The Known Phenotypic Ratios
• Separator Gerbils