Mendelian Genetics - Benefits and Limitations (Leaving Cert Biology): Flashcards

Predict how traits pass from parents to offspring

Genetic counselling for inherited conditions

Selective breeding of plants & animals

Higher crop yields, better disease resistance

Develop treatments & therapies for genetic disorders

Treatments tailored to individual genetic profiles

Explains how evolution works & new species develop

Only applies to single-gene traits

Traits controlled by multiple genes

Intelligence, height, hair colour

Environmental factors interacting with genes

Genes close on chromosome, inherited together not independently