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This paper reports on a study of undergraduate genetics students' conceptual and procedural knowledge and how that knowledge influences students' success in pedigree problem solving. Findings indicate that many students lack the knowledge needed to test hypotheses relating to X-linked modes of inheritance using either patterns of inheritance or genotypes. Case study data illustrate how these knowledge deficiencies acted as an impediment to correct and conclusive solutions of pedigree problems.
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Hackling, M.W. Application of genetics knowledge to the solution of pedigree problems. Research in Science Education 24, 147–155 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356339
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