Episode 146: Mendelian Genetics and Inheritance

An introduction to classical Mendelian genetics, in which we discuss Mendel's experiments with peas and the laws of heredity that he discovered, including inheritance of one allele from each parent, the law of dominance, and the law of independent segregation. We then consider more complex cases of genetic inheritance, including sex-linked traits, incomplete dominance, codominance, and epistasis. The episode concludes with a discussion of quantitative traits determined by many genes, including how genetic variation is described, how sources of variance are identified using genome wide association studies, and the conceptual issues with defining heredity and separating the effects of genes from those of environment. If you enjoyed the podcast please consider supporting the show by making a PayPal donation or becoming a Patreon supporter. Check out out youtube channel! The Science of Everything Podcast - YouTube

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Episode 146: Mendelian Genetics and Inheritance is an episode from The Science of Everything Podcast by James Fodor.

This episode is 82:34 long.

This episode was published on Jul 29, 2024.

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