learngenetics

Students struggle to understand the mechanics of meiosis, and fail to appreciate the connection between the events in meiosis and the principles of Mendelian inheritance. A solid understanding of the physical process of meiosis is also foundational for understanding recombination, linkage mapping, nondisjunction, aneuploidy and polyploidy.

Just as physical models of molecules help students understand organic chemistry, physical models of chromosomes help students of genetics understand Chromosome Theory – the relationship between meiosis and Mendelian laws. These kits were developed by a University of California professor after decades of teaching Genetics to thousands of premedical students.