Pedigree Symbol Cards and Blank Charts

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Pedigree Symbol Cards and Blank Charts: A4 portrait layout with a large heading; instruction line 'Cut out the cards and use them to build, read and analyse pedigrees.' Grid of dashed cut-out boxes showing: Individuals row (Male square, Female circle, Affected male filled square, Affected female filled circle, Carrier female half-shaded circle, Deceased male/female with diagonal line, Unknown sex diamond) each with a one-line caption; Relationships row (marriage/partnership icon, consanguineous...

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This printable provides labelled, ready-to-cut pedigree symbols (male, female, affected, carrier, deceased, unknown sex), relationship connectors (marriage, consanguineous marriage, children, multiple births), and miscellaneous symbols (proband arrow, adoption, pregnancy, miscarriage). It also includes blank 3- and 4-generation charts. Use it to teach students the conventions of pedigree notation, to scaffold pedigree construction in inheritance problems, or as a hands-on manipulative for group tasks.

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