1. Phenotypic Distribution of Polygenic Traits and Allele Frequency for Introductory Biology John Brady and Travis Curry Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Indianapolis IN Website:

2. Phenotypic Distribution of Polygenic Traits Phenotype- Observable Traits Examples: Polygenic Trait- phenotype is dependent on alleles at many different genes Examples:

3. Why Garlic Mustard? Abundant on campus Invasive species Relates to other content like populations, competition, biodiversity, evolution.

4. Environmental Literacy “…the capacity of an individual to act successfully in daily life on a broad understanding of how people and societies relate to each other and to natural systems, and how they might do so sustainably.” http://www.fundee.org/facts/envlit/whatisenvlit.htm

6. Oh Deer: Allele Frequency “Mate or Die”

7. Background Project Wild “Oh Deer” activity : used to demonstrate competition for scarce resources limiting populations: Project WildProject Wild Illustration of variation leading to differential fitness success in a wild population Just add some alleles and mating and it is easy to demonstrate directional and stabilizing selection in a population.

9. Thank You! John Brady: jbrady@brebeuf.orgjbrady@brebeuf.org Travis Curry: tcurry@brebeuf.orgtcurry@brebeuf.org Website: http://tcurry1977.edublogs.org/http://tcurry1977.edublogs.org/