Pride day today, no science class.
Agenda
1. Introduction to DNA Ch. 7 sec 1 2. DNA Isolation Lab Questions 1. Can you read the messages on these handstamps? What would make them easier to read? 2. What role does ink play in transferring the messages on the handstamps to a more readable form? 3. What would happen to the message if one of the handstamps had broken letters? Agenda
1. Finish up Genetics Lecture 2. Breeding Corn 3. Family Pedigree Activity Questions 1. In humans, brown eyes (B) are dominant over blue (b)*. A brown-eyed man marries a blue-eyed woman and they have three children, two of whom are brown-eyed and one of whom is blue-eyed. Draw the Punnett square that illustrates this marriage. What is the man’s genotype? What are the genotypes of the children? 2. A cross between two alleles is called a? A cross between four alleles from two different traits is called a/an? Agenda
1. Ch. 6.2 Mendel's Investigations (pgs 199-204) 2. Breeding Corn Activity Questions 1. If you learned that dark-wooled sheep tend to produce dark-wooled offspring, what conclusion might you make? 2. If most dark-wooled sheep have shorter snouts than light-wooled sheep, what conclusion might you make? 3. If you learned that dark wool and short snouts were caused by separate genes, what conclusion might you make? Agenda
1. Finish Meiosis 2. Genetics with a smile Questions 1. Discuss the four stages of mitosis. (Four Sentences) |
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