Essentials of Genetics 9th Edition by Michael Palladino William Klug, Michael Cummings, Charlotte Spencer

Exercise 2

When working out genetics problems in this and succeeding chapters, always assume that members of the generation are homozygous, unless the information given, or the data, indicates otherwise.
Review the Chapter concepts list on P.31. The first five concepts provide a modern interpretation of Mendelian postulates. Based on these concepts , write a short essay that correlates Mendeles four postulates with what is known about genes, alleles , and homologous chromosomes.