A-Level Biology Specification

Edexcel B 9BI0

Section 8.2: Transfer of genetic information

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#8.2i

Understand the terms 'genotype and phenotype', 'homozygote and heterozygote', 'dominance', 'recessive', 'codominance' and 'multiple alleles'.

#8.2ii

Be able to construct genetic crosses and pedigree diagrams.

#8.2iii

Understand the inheritance of two non-interacting unlinked genes.

#8.2iv

Understand that autosomal linkage results from the presence of alleles on the same chromosome and that the results of crosses can be explained by the events of meiosis, including black/grey body and long/vestigial wing in Drosophila.

#8.2v

Understand sex linkage on the X chromosome, including haemophilia in humans.

#8.2vi

Be able to use chi squared tests to test the significance of the difference between observed and expected results.