Heterozygous or Homozygous?
HH
Homozygous
DD
Dominant
What is an allele?
One part of a genetic pair. The individual gene inherited from either the mother or father.
Brown hair is dominant
Red hair is recessive
Dad: Ff
Mom: ff
What percent do their kids have of getting red hair?
50% chance of red hair
What are the names of our principal, vice principal, and dean of students?
Mrs. Werchowski, Mrs. Boldt, and Mrs. Ware
Ee
Heterozygous
ee
Recessive
a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
Hairy toes is dominant
Non hairy toes is recessive
Dad: tt
Mom: TT
What percent do their kids have of getting hairy toes?
100% chance of getting hairy toes
How many kids are in school at Nature Hill?
833 (closest answer without going over)
Aa and RR
Heterozygous and Homozygous
Hh
Dominant
What is a phenotype?
The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the genotype
Round face is dominant
Square face is recessive
Dad: SS
Mom: Ss
What percent do their kids have of having a square head?
0% chance of having a square head
What are all the grade's locker colors?
5th grade - Green
6th grade - Purple
7th grade - Red
8th grade - Yellow
Ss, VV, rr, Jj
Heterozygous, Homozygous, Homozygous, and Heterozygous
Rr and ff
Dominant and Recessive
What is a genotype?
The genetic constitution (make up) of an individual organism.
Brown eyes are dominant
Blue eyes are recessive
Dad: ee
Mom: ee
What percent do their kids have of getting brown eyes?
0% chance of having brown eyes
How many 8th grade teachers are there (Including Learning Strategists and Paras? Extra point if you name them all
14. Mrs. Schweitzer, Mrs. Andreski, Mrs. Allen, Ms. Tomaz, Mr. Stelse, Mrs. Perone, Mrs. Brandl, Mrs. holzbauer, Ms. Radjenovich, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Audley, Ms. Wagner, Ms. Gibbons, Mrs. Doll
Is the following gene homozygous dominant or recessive?
gg
Homozygous recessive
ee, Ww, vv, SS
Recessive, Dominant, Recessive, Dominant
What does it mean for a gene to be homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive?
Both alleles are identical. For homozygous dominant both alleles are dominant and for homozygous recessive both alleles are recessive.
Curly hair is dominant
straight hair is recessive
Dad: Cc
Mom: CC
What percent do their kids have of getting curly hair?
100% chance of curly hair
Name as many explore teachers as you can.
TBD