Using an Investigative Approach to a Laboratory Exercise on the Genetics of Indian Corn

 

Linda T. Collins and Rebekah P. Bell

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1998, Volume 19

Abstract

Objectives 1. Understand Mendel’s first and second laws of inheritance. 2. Observe examples of Mendel’s monohybrid and dihybrid crosses and perform a chi-square test on his results. 3. Be able to recognize a monohybrid cross and a dihybrid cross. 4. Know the function of a test cross and be able to recognize a test cross. 5. State a hypothesis for the genotype of an ear of Indian corn. Test the hypothesis and perform a chi-square test on your results.

Keywords:  genetics, corn, Mendelian inheritance

University of Calgary (1997)