Meiosis and mitosis
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## Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- Introduction
- 1 Meiosis and the life cycle
  - 1.1 Chromosomes and the life cycle
  - 1.2 Sexual reproduction
- 2 Like begets like
- 3 Patterns of inheritance
  - 3.1 Inheritance of colour in maize
  - 3.2 A breeding experiment: stage one
  - 3.3 A breeding experiment: stage two
  - 3.4 Predicting the outcome of crosses
- 4 Why not an exact 3:1 ratio?
- 5 Inheritance of more than one pair of contrasting characters
- Conclusion
- Keep on learning
- Acknowledgements

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