ABSTRACT- This research is aimed to reveal some misconception in genetic in some
senior highschool handbook. Twelve biology books for highschool published during
2006-2010 have been reviewed. All those books show particular pattern of misconception
that caused by misunderstanding about particular Mendelian approaches, inappropriate
analogy and terminologies. Those misunderstanding lead to the misconception in the
concept of chromose structure, protein syntheses, cell division, traits and mutation. Such
misconceptions can be fix trhough the application of representative biomolecular
approaches.
Kata-kata Kunci: Misconception in genetics