MENSA Education & Research Foundation
Peas in a Pod: Genetics
Can peas have grandparents? Learn about inherited traits and heredity with a set of activities focused on Mendelian genetics. As your class learns about the process of passing traits along in Punnett squares, they take on the role of...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Dominant and Recessive Traits in Humans
Explains what dominant and recessive traits are and how they work, and provides a list of single gene traits with the degree of manifestation if they are dominant or recessive. Also discusses co-dominance, incomplete dominance, polygenic...
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Human Genetics Multifactorial Inheritance
On this University of Illinois at Chicago site you can get the importance of multifactorial inheritance, and numerous models to help illustrate the idea. There is a summary at the bottom for review, and an address to send questions to...
University of Utah
University of Utah: learn.genetics: Ptc: The Genetics of Bitter Taste
Read about the PTC gene, and listen to scientists discuss this accidental discovery which lead to important clues about human evolution.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Behavioral Genetics
A useful introduction from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory on the study of how genetics and behavior are linked. Many useful resource links are included.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Incomplete Dominance Examples
Explains what incomplete dominance is in heredity, and what it looks like in plants, animals, and humans.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Codominance Explained With Examples
Explains what codominance is in heredity, and what it looks like in humans, animals, and plants.