The primary aim of this pre-practical work is to get you familiar with the tools, genetic concepts and ideas that you will need to complete the 'Hairy Tree Rat' practical and the post-practical assessment on Canvas.

In this practical you will:

Inheritance is based on the passing of genes from organism to organism. Understanding how this process occurs, and how it is regulated, helps with our understanding of genetic diseases.

Punnett Squares are a very useful tool for understanding inheritance of genetic traits. With a Punnett Square, which is essentially a matrix, you can work out how genes can be divided between the gametes and how these can be combined to give you the final genotypes (and the phenotype IF you know the dominance relationships).