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An F₂ Barley Population as a Tool for Teaching Mendelian Genetics.

ABSTRACT: In the context of a general genetics course, mathematical descriptions of Mendelian inheritance and population genetics are sometimes discouraging and students often have serious misconceptions. Innovative strategies in expositive classes can clearly encourage student's motivation and participation, but laboratories and practical classes are generally the students' favourite academic activities. The design of lab practices focused on learning abstract concepts such as genetic interaction, genetic linkage, genetic recombination, gene mapping, or molecular markers is a complex task that requires suitable segregant materials. The optimal population for pedagogical purposes is an F₂ population, which is extremely useful not only in explaining different key concepts of genetics (as dominance, epistasis, and linkage) but also in introducing additional curricular tools, particularly concerning statistical analysis. Among various model organisms available, barley possesses several unique features for demonstrating genetic principles. Therefore, we generated a barley F₂ population from the parental lines of the Oregon Wolfe Barley collection. The objective of this work is to present this F₂ population as a model to teach Mendelian genetics in a medium-high-level genetics course. We provide an exhaustive phenotypic and genotypic description of this plant material that, together with a description of the specific methodologies and practical exercises, can be helpful for transferring our fruitful experience to anyone interested in implementing this educational resource in his/her teaching.

SUBMITTER: Gimenez E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8066651 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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