Introduction
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CurrentThis topic area is made up of a series of resources for you to use to develop your understanding of inheritance.
Inheritance
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This topic area is made up of a series of resources for you to use to develop your understanding of inheritance.
It introduces the following:
- The genes or alleles that the individual inherits – its genotype
- Expression in the individual’s characteristics or traits – its phenotype
When you have completed all these lessons you should be able to describe the main components and functions of inheritance.
Use the links below to access the content.
- Lesson
Monohybrid inheritance
- Lesson
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Further reading
References to further reading.
There are many very useful sources of information on the internet:
- There are useful web sites on horse genetics at: www.horse-genetics.com and www.horsecolor.com
- There is an excellent ‘talking’ glossary of genetic terms at: http://www.genome.gov/glossary
- The Genetics Home Reference site is at http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov
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Acknowledgements
This e-learning course has been produced based on materials collated by the Land Based Colleges National Consortium Ltd.
The LBCNC is a consortium of colleges working in the land-based sector which co-operate in the development and production of quality flexible learning materials which encourage independent learning.
We would like to acknowledge the contributions made by the following individuals and colleges in the development of this learning material.
Moodle VLE development
These materials have been adapted for use on Land Based Learning On-line by RI Training, Norfolk.
Images
Additional images to support the adaptation have been provided by:
- Alec Turnbull - Land Based Learning
- Andy Ashburn - Ashburn IT
- Patrick McDaniel - RI Training
- The staff at Riseholme College
- The staff at Reaseheath College
- The staff at Sparsholt College
- The staff at Warwickshire College
- North Yorkshire National Park
Animation and interaction
All animations and interactions have been developed by Andy Asburn of Ashburn IT