Learningoutcomes:Studentsattheendofthelessonwillbeabletoidentifythesixnewtermsand demonstratethedifferencebetweendominantandrecessivegenes. CommonCoreStandard:RST.910.3Followpreciselyacomplexmultistepprocedurewhencarrying outexperiments,takingmeasurements,orperformingtechnicaltasks,attendingtospecialcasesor exceptionsdefinedinthetask OverviewofLesson RihannaDiscusstermsforclassGenes,Dominant,Recessive,Genotype,Phenotype, andallele. MichaelPunnettSquareworksheet KathleenGooverdrosophilawebsiteandscreenshots RihannaPostQuiz LectureNotes AlleleOnememberofapairofgenesoccupyingaspecificspotonachromosomethatcontrolsthe sametrait Recessiveatraitthatmustbecontributedbybothparentsinordertoappearintheoffspring.

pring. Dominantatraitthatwillappearintheoffspringifoneoftheparentscontributesit. Heterozygousapairofgeneswhereoneisdominantandoneisrecessive Homozygousapairofmatchingalleles Genotypethegeneticmakeupofanindividual. Phenotypethephysicalappearanceofanorganism

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Assignedgroupsof2 Filloutworksheet Runtheflyprogram FlyProgram Findtraitsthathelpitsurviveintheirenvironment Determineifdominantorrecessive http://sciencecourseware.org/vcise/drosophila/

 Names:______________________________________________________________ Withyourfellowgeneticscientists,becomefamiliarwiththeDrosophilawebsite,takenotesusingthe tablebelow,andanswerthequestionsthatfollow.ItisrecommendedyouonlychooseONEtraitto changeatatimeeitherbristles,bodycolor,orantennae.Asyouchoosedifferentfeaturesforyourfly, recordthedataintheappropriateboxes.YoudoNOThavetostartwithafreshbatchoffliesevery time,andmayuseoffspringfromonematingjarinthenextcrossifyoufeelitwillhelpyouunderstand whichtraitisdominantorrecessive. MatingJar Characteristics Characteristics Characteristics Cross ofFemaleFly ofMaleFly ofoffspring? Number 1 Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Antennae: Bristles: BodyColor: Whatcanyoudetermine fromthiscross?
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Enrichmentquestions Doyouthinkthedominanttraitsyoudiscoveredareactuallybetterforthefly?Aredominanttraits alwaysbetterforthespecies? Doesacrossbetweentwoheterozygousfliesresultinthesameamountofphenotypesandgenotypes? Explainyouranswer.

 PostQuizonSocrative 1. Whatdoyoucallanorganismwithonedominantgeneandonerecessivegene? a. Homozygote b. Purerecessive c. Heterozygote d. Puredominant 2. Whenatraitthatispresentseemstodisappear,whatisitcalled? a. Pure b. recessive c. heterozygote d. dominant 3. Aphenotypeisbestdescribedas a. Physicalcharacteristics b. Geneticmakeup c. Determinesgenotype d. Beingrepresentedbytwoalleles 4. AnAlleleis: a. Anotherwordforgene b. Ahomozygousgenotype c. Aheterozygousgenotype d. Oneofseveralpossibleformsofagene 5. Ifyouwantedtoshowthehistoryofatraitfromonegenerationtothenextwhatwouldyoudo? a. Obtainmedicalrecords b. drawapedigree c. lookatoldphotos d. drawapunnettsquare