Beginning Slides:
How comfortable are you with the concept of genetics or patterns of inheritance?
See which traits you possess.
Select all that
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Which of your traits is the most rare? Select the trait that you have that is shared by the least amount of classmates.
Select all of the factors you think may be responsible:
Your answers
-widows peak,
your parents, the environment, the nutrients you get
Select the traits that best describe Priya
No Dimples
No Widows Peak
No Cleft Chin
Detached Earlobe
Select the traits that best describe Blake
Dimples
A Widow's Peak
Cleft Chin
Attached Earlobe
Make a prediction describing what you believe their children will look like.
For each characteristic...
Their children will have traits that resemble either
What did you observe about each child? Select all that apply
Sophie
Widows Peak
Detached Earlobe
No Cleft Chin
Hennah
Widows Peak
Detached Earlobe
No Cleft Chin
A.J
Widows Peak
Detached Earlobe
Cleft Chin
Based on each characteristic you observed in the children, determine if your hypothesis, Their children will have a blended version of something in between their mother's or their father's traits (such as both ears being partically attached). was supported.
My hypothesis was supported by my observations of the children.
Given the data you collected from the couple's children, which statement best describes the traits in Priya and Blake's children?
For each characteristic, their children will have traits that resemble either the mother or the father's traits.
Are there any traits that are found in a parent, but seem to "disappear" in all their children?
No Widow's Peak
Attached Earlobe
Gregor Mendel's experiments centered around growing and observing which plant?
Pea Plants
Why did Mendel choose to grow pea plants for his experiment? Select all that apply
They grow and mature quickly.
Their traits are easily noticeable.
Based on this cross, what color do you predict the offspring will be?
Some purple and some white
Select two family trees: one that represents purebred white pea plants AND one that represents purebred purple-flowered plants.
2. Pure purple-flowered plant.
4. Pure white-flowered plant.
Record the percent of offspring in the F1 generation with the following traits.
100
0
0
After crossing two flowers from the F1 generation, what do you predict the offspring will look like? Make a hypothesis and rate your confidence below.
Rate your confidence
Some purple and some white flowers
8
Record the percent of offspring in the F2 generation with the following traits.
purple75
white25
lightpurple0
Which of the following explanations best explains how a white flower emerged in the F2 generation?
The white flower trait was present in the F1 generation's purple flowers but not visible until the F2 generation.
What is the recessive trait in this cross?
Green Seeds
What is the dominant trait in this cross?
Yellow seeds
What is the purpose of self-fertilizing one of the offspring of your first cross?
To determine if the white-flower trait may be present but "hidden" in the F1 flowers
Identify the coat color trait for the dog above:
Brown Coat
Yellow Coat
Label the generations in this family
What is the dominant trait in this cross?
What is the recessive trait in this cross?
1. P Generation
2. F1 Generation
Brown coat color is dominant
Yellow coat color
Which of the following is an example of an allele, or a particular version of a characteristic?
Select all that apply.
Blue Eyes
Brown Hair
Cleft Chin
Attached Earlobe
Pink Flower
Yellow seed
Which allele is the dominant allele in the image above?
The red-flower allele because it is represented by uppercase letters
Select the genotype for the following purebred parent plants and their offspring:
1= YY
2= yy
3= Yy
Homozygous
RR
rr
pp
PP
TT
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