Traits Inherited eBooks Reviewed by Teachers

Utah Education Network (UEN)

Utah Open Textbook: 5th Grade Science

For Students 5th Standards

How do Earth's changes affect humans? Pupils learn about physical and chemical changes on Earth and how they lead to erosion, earthquakes, and volcanoes. Using the text, they also explore the concepts of electricity and magnetism by...

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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.15 Polygenic Traits

For Students 9th - 10th

Learn how in polygenic inheritance, a trait is controlled by more than one gene.

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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Polygenic Inheritance and Environmental Effects

For Students 9th - 10th

Learn about traits that are controlled by multiple genes and/or influenced by the environment. Understand penetrance and expressivity.

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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.13 Sex Linked Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th

Learn about the traits that are linked to genes on the sex chromosomes.

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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.14 Non Mendelian Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th

Learn about some examples of inheritance that do not follow Mendelian inheritance rules.

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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th

Learn about Thomas Hunt Morgan's experiments with the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) as a model system.

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National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Pedigree Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th

This ebook discusses the topic of human pedigree analysis, a type of genetic science used to determine inherited characteristics.

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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 13.11 Molecular Genetics Overview

For Students 9th - 10th

Learn genetics and inheritance works on a molecular level.

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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.3 Punnett Squares

For Students 9th - 10th

See how a Punnett square is a special tool used to predict the offspring from a cross, or mating between two parents.

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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Interesting Aspects of Human Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th

Provides an overview of the field of human genetics, how it began with Mendel's work, some basic genetic principles, how genetic disorders are transmitted, and how physical characteristics are inherited.

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