Monday, February 24, 2014 Complete the handout: Modeling Mitosis and Meiosis. You can use your notes! Reminder: MOY II Wednesday!
Predict the baby’s traits Here are your parents traits: Mom: Dad: Dimples=dd No dimples=DD Freckles=FF Predict their offspring’s traits by giving a percentage that the baby will have dimples and freckles
Gregor Mendel Father of modern genetics Used pea plants to demonstrate that certain traits were inherited and followed patterns
Characteristics of the pea plants Mendel studied: Seed Shape Seed Color Tall vs. Short Plants Flower Color
Mendel’s Accomplishments: Used Punnett squares to predict probability of a trait being expressed Gene vs. Allele Heterozygous and Homozygous alleles Genotype and Phenotype
Mendel’s Accomplishments: Alleles can be… Dominant Traits Recessive Traits
Mendel’s Accomplishments: Incomplete DominanceCodominance
Incomplete Dominance ● Incomplete dominance: heterozygotes have a unique phenotype that is often ‘in between’ the parental types
Genotypes of the parents B R = patchwork fish B B = blue fish (Dad) R R = red fish (Mom) In a certain fish, blue scales and red scales are codominant. What happens if you breed this fish with a fish that only has Blue Scales. What’s the percentage the baby will have patches? (use a Punnett square) Co-Dominance Mom Dad