1. An Introduction to the World of Genetics
APPLES
An Introduction to the World of Genetics

2. Variety:
Red Delicious

3. Red Delicious Apple Origin: Common Uses: Iowa, U.S.A.
A chance seedling on Jesse Hiatt’s farm
Fresh
Salads

4. Fun Facts: Originally known as “Hawkeye.”
The longest continuous apple peel was meters long! (It took 11 hours and 30 minutes to remove.)

5. Variety:
Fuji

6. Fuji Apple
Origin:
Common Uses:
Japan
Fresh
Baking
Jam/Sauce

7. Fun Facts: Named after Mount Fuji in Japan.
China grows the most apples.

8. Variety:
Golden Delicious

9. Golden Delicious Apple
Origin:
Common Uses:
West Virginia, U.S.A.
Baking
Fresh
Sauces

10. Fun Facts: It is the official state fruit of W. Virginia.
Apples float when dropped in water because they are 25% air.

11. Variety:
Granny Smith

12. Granny Smith Apple Origin: Common Uses:
Australia – a discarded seedling
Baking
Fresh
Sauces
Drying

13. Fun Facts: Discovered by Maria Smith
An apple supplies ¼ of your daily vitamin C needs.

14. Notes:
Fruit – the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents.

15. Notes: Fruit – the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents.
Selective Breeding – the intentional breeding of organisms with desirable traits to produce offspring with similar traits.

16. Notes: Fruit – the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents.
Selective Breeding – the intentional breeding of organisms with desirable traits to produce offspring with similar traits.
Examples:

17. Notes: Fruit – the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents.
Selective Breeding – the intentional breeding of organisms with desirable traits to produce offspring with similar traits.
Examples:

19. Notes:
# of apple varieties – over 7,000

20. Notes: # of apple varieties – over 7,000
# of chromosomes found in an apple cell - 17

21. Notes: # of apple varieties – over 7,000
# of chromosomes found in an apple cell – 17
# of chromosomes found in a human cell?

22. Notes: # of apple varieties – over 7,000
# of chromosomes found in an apple cell – 17
# of chromosomes found in a human cell?
How many genes in an apple cell? about 57,000

23. Notes: # of apple varieties – over 7,000
# of chromosomes found in an apple cell – 17
# of chromosomes found in a human cell?
How many genes in an apple cell? about 57,000
How many genes in a human cell? about 23,000

24. Notes:
Genetic Engineering - altering genetic material (DNA) from one or more species and introducing it into a living organism to change one or more of its characteristics.
Non-browning? low polyphenoloxydase, high vitamin C
Etc.

25. Food for thought…
Is it possible for humans to create a viable seed? Does life consist of more than its material parts? Could an Apple computer come into being by chance? What about an apple?