Mendelian Inheritance
Mendelian inheritance refers to patterns of inheritance that are characteristic of organisms that reproduce sexually. The Austrian monk Gregor Mendel performed thousands of crosses with garden peas at his monastery during the middle of the 19th century. Mendel explained his results by describing two laws of inheritance that introduced the idea of dominant and recessive genes.
Materials for Mendelian Inheritance
Labs & Experiments
Mendelian Inheritance Lab
Description: An interactive activity involving Gregor Mendel’s pea plant experiments and Mendelian genetics
- Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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- URL: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/resources/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=73
Teacher Resources
Introduction to Heredity
Description: A video and lesson plans for teaching concepts of heredity
- Source: Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah
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- URL: http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/heredity/
Mendelian Genetics
Description: A video on Mendelian inheritance
- Source: NeoK-12
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- URL: http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX5d6e5a0d787a6701646451&t=Genetics
Video
Mendelian Genetics
Description: A video on Mendelian inheritance
- Source: NeoK-12
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- URL: http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX5d6e5a0d787a6701646451&t=Genetics
Mendelian Genetics and Inheritance
Description: A video on Mendelian inheritance
- Source: NeoK-12
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- URL: http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX7c6f47526d67567c51766b&t=Genetics
Gregor Mendel's Peas
Animation
Some Genes are Dominant
Description: An animation on Mendels pea experiments and the principle of dominance
- Source: WGBH Educational Foundation
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- URL: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/hew06.sci.life.gen.dominantgene/
Articles/Research
Gregor Mendel - A Private Scientist
Description: A brief history on the life of Gregor Mendel
- Source: Nature Education
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- URL: http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/gregor-mendel-a-private-scientist-6618227
Gregor Mendel's Garden
Description: A picture of Gregor Mendel's garden
- Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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- URL: http://www.dnalc.org/view/10942-Gregor-Mendel-s-garden.html
Interactive Tutorials
Mendel's Laws of Genetic Inheritance
Description: Interactive activity on the Punnett square and how it validates Gregor Mendel's laws of genetic inheritance
- Source: WGBH Educational Foundation
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- URL: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/hew06.sci.life.gen.mendelinherit/
