Genetics affects many aspects of our lives. Identify three ways genetics affects your life or the life of a family member or friend. The effects can be regularly encountered or can be one time only or occasional.

Which one of the following is NOT a division of Genetics?

Compare and contrast the following terms:

homozygous and heterozygous

Compare and contrast the following terms:

genotype and phenotype

Compare and contrast the following terms:

dominant and recessive

Define the terms allele, chromosome, and gene, and explain how they relate to one another. Develop an analogy between these terms and the process of using a street map to locate a new apartment to live in next year (i.e., consider which term is analogous to a street, which to a type of building, and which to an apartment floor plan).