Traits and Variations
Name a trait that humans have.
What is dimples, freckles, hanging earlobes etc.
Name the purpose of a punnett square?
What is a punnett square is used to determine the possibility of the trait outcome of offspring.
Homozygous Dominant refers to
What is two dominant (capital) alleles for a trait. Can be expressed by AA, CC, etc
Who is known as the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
What color was the dominant plant stem in our experiment?
Purple
List two variations of a trait.
What is dimples/no dimples, brown eyes/blue eyes etc.
In a punnett square, describe what the genotype is.
What is that a genotype is the allele combinations that determine the outcome of the trait. Allele combinations could be dominant or recessive.
In your best ability, describe what a MODEL is. Use a description from class to help you.
A model is something that scientists create in order to replicate or see something on a larger or smaller scale before a final product is created.
Who was the host of the Genetics Documentary that we watched?
Bill Nye
What traits did we describe/list about the guppies?
Fin shape, color, pattern, eye color
Describe an acquired trait.
What is a trait that is influenced by the environment. Getting a tan, gaining muscle etc.
What is pedigree used for?
A pedigree is used for examining the passing of traits through a family. Often looks like a family tree.
Describe the function of a histogram.
A histogram is used to sort/collect large amounts of data and organize the chunks of data into equal sized bins.
List three variations of hair color
Brown, red, blonde, black etc.
What data did we collect from the whole class in order to create a histogram?
What is, we collected data of each classmates height.
Describe an inherited trait.
What is a trait that is passed down from parents or ancestors.
In a pedigree how do you know if an individual has the trait.
What is that the circle or square will be colored in.
What is Genetics?
What is, genetics is the study of heredity and inherited characteristics.
What alleles would a recessive trait have?
What is, a recessive trait would have two lower case alleles such as bb, cc, dd, aa.
What is the disease that little Sam suffered from?
What is sickle cell anemia.
What is that a trait can be recessive or hidden and passed down without being seen in the parents.
Who invented the punnett square?
Who is Reginald Punnett and William Bateson
Describe Phenotype
What is the phenotype describes or gives detail to what the offspring could look like.
How much genetic information do we get from our Mom and our Dad?
What is we get 50% from Mom and 50% from Dad.
What is the lab that we were supposed to do but couldn't?