Association for Biology Laboratory Education

Gummi bear genetics: An exercise in understanding epistasis
 



Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2009, Volume 30

Susan A. Moore

Abstract

Many students come into the sophomore level genetics class with little of no understanding of statistics and with little comprehension of how to analyze data. This exercise is designed to introduce epistasis as an extension of the Mendelian dihybrid cross and to analyze data utilizing chi square analysis.

Keywords:  statistical analysis, genetic crosses, epistasis

University of Toronto, Mississauga (2008)