Learning Outcomes

• The distinction between genes, alleles and a genome
• Karyotypes as a visual representation that can be used to identify chromosome abnormalities
• The use of symbols in the writing of genotypes for the alleles present at a particular gene locus
• Develop critical thinking and decision-making skills relevant to entrepreneurship
• The expression of dominant and recessive phenotypes, including codominance and incomplete dominance
• Proportionate influences of genetic material, and environmental and epigenetic factors, on phenotypes
• Pedigree charts and patterns of inheritance, including autosomal and sex-linked inheritance