Objectives

• Differentiate between body cells and gametes
• Compare and contrast autosomes and sex chromosomes
• Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis
• Describe how haploid cells develop into mature gametes
• Describe the patterns of inheritance that Mendel's data revealed
• Summarize Mendel's law of segregation
• Describe how sexual reproduction creates unique gene combinations
• Explain how crossing over increases genetic diversity

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Assignment Checklist:
(these are the assignments you must turn in)

• 8.01
• 8.02
• 8.03
• 8.04
• 8.05

Vocabulary

• somatic cells
• gametes
• germ cells
• homologous pair
• diploid
• haploid
• meiosis
• trait
• gene 
• polygenic trait
• Mendelian trait
• allele
• dominance
• recessive

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