Virtual Genetics Lab: Tomato Plants, Traits, and Mendelian Inheritance
Explore the inheritance of 3 characteristics in tomato plants across multiple generations in this virtual lab. You will start by choosing the appropriate parental plants and performing a monohybrid cross. Then, determine the dominant trait based on the F1 phenotype. Next, you will cross two F1 plants to produce the F2 generation. Using the F2 generation offspring, you will determine the phenotypic ratio.
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Topics
- 1:2:1
- 3:1
- allele
- anther
- biological parent
- characteristic
- complete dominance
- completely dominant
- concept of dominance
- cross-pollination
- diploid
- dominance
- dominant
- dominant allele
- dominant trait
- dwarf phenotype
- experiment
- F1
- F1 generation
- F2
- F2 generation
- F2 phenotypic ratio
- fertilize
- fertilization
- first filial (F1) generation
- gene
- gene C
- gene D
- gene P
- generation
- genetic cross
- genetic makeup
- genotype
- genotypic ratio
- green phenotype
- greenhouse
- heterozygous
- heterozygote
- homozygous
- hybrid
- leaf shape
- monohybrid cross
- observable traits
- offspring
- organism
- P
- P generation
- parent
- parental (P) generation
- phenotype
- phenotypic ratio
- plant height
- pollination
- potato phenotype
- principles of inheritance
- progeny
- Punnett square
- purple phenotype
- recessive
- recessive allele
- recessive trait
- reciprocal cross
- regular phenotype
- second filial (F2) generation
- stigma
- Solanum
- stem color
- tall phenotype
- tomato plant
- trait
- true-breeding