1. WHAT GENES DO YOU HAVE?

2. EYE COLOR

3. HAIR COLOR/TEXTURE

4. FEMALE OR MALE?

5. WIDOW’S PEAK Dominant

6. TONGUE ROLLING Homozygous recessives- non rollers

7. FRECKLES

8. DIMPLES/CLEFT CHIN Dominant
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9. Bend finger at top joint?

10. HITCHHIKER’S THUMB =homozygous recessive
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11. LONG 2nd TOE Dominant

12. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

13. WIGGLE JUST YOUR LITTLE TOE?
SEE VIDEO

14. ATTACHED EAR LOBES homozygous recessive = attached

15. Touch your nose with your tongue?
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16. COLOR BLINDNESS
RED-green colorblindness most common 8% of males & 0.5% females

17. THUMB FOLDING Right over left -44% Left over right-55%

18. PTC TASTER NON-TASTERS- homozygous recessive

19. http://extension. usu. edu/aitc/teachers/pdf/heredity/traits

20. SOUTH DAKOTA CORE SCIENCE STANDARDS
LIFE SCIENCE: Indicator 2: Analyze various patterns and products
of natural and induced biological change.
9-12.L Students are able to predict inheritance patterns using a single allele.
Solve problems involving simple dominance, co-dominance, and sex-linked traits using Punnett squares for F1 and F2 generations.
Examples: color blindness, wavy hair

21. Core High School Life Science Performance Descriptors
High school students performing at the
ADVANCED level:
INTRODUCTION TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS LATER predict how traits are transmitted from parents to offspring;
PROFICIENT level:
INTRODUCTION TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS LATER explain how traits are transmitted from parents to offspring;
BASIC level
identify that genetic traits can be transmitted from parents to offspring;