Biomolecules and Key Biochemical Principles

Assignment Brief

Part A

a) Explain the biological significance of meiosis.

 

b) Using named examples of genetic conditions explain the inheritance patterns of;

i. a recessive autosomal condition

ii. a dominant autosomal condition

 

iii. a sex linked condition

 

You should use genetic inheritance diagrams. The diagrams should give the genotypes and phenotypes of the parents and F1 zygotes, the gametes produced and the way that the gametes could combine during a monohybrid cross.