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    SUPERHERO GENETICS

    Vocabulary- Adopted from McGraw-Hill Biology

    Allele: form of a gene, represented by a letter (example: R, r)

    Genotype: an organism’s allele pair (think of it as a 2-allele


    code)

    Phenotype: the observable characteristic influenced by the


    genotype (the physical result)

    Dominant: represented by a capital letter (R). If a genotype is


    composed of one or two dominant alleles, the dominant phenotype
    results.

    Recessive: represented by a lowercase letter (r). A genotype


    must be composed of two recessive alleles for the recessive
    phenotype to result.

    Homozygous: two of the same alleles (RR or rr)

    Heterozygous: two different alleles (Rr)

    Monohybrid cross: involves only a single trait (example:


    determining the genotypes of children whose mother has dimples
    and whose father does not have dimples)

    Punnett Square: used to predict the possible children genotypes


    between two known parent genotypes

    Law of Independent Assortment: alleles are distributed randomly


    when gametes are made during meiosis. It is up to chance which
    particular parental characteristics will occur in each
    individual offspring (We will roll a dice to represent chance in
    order to identify a genotype in a Punnett Square)
    SUPERHERO GENETICS
    Part 1: Choose your superhero parents (You can use a
    Marvel/DC superhero or invent your own!)
     Select 4 genetic traits: 2 superpowers and 2 fun
    details
    1. Father: Hulk
    a. Has incredible ability to Hulksmash
    b. Does not have super reflexes
    c. Has brown eyes
    d. Has dimples
    2. Mother: Black Widow
    a. Does not have incredible ability to Hulksmash
    b. Super reflexes
    c. Has brown eyes
    d. Does not have dimples
    Part 2: Choose a letter to represent each genetic trait
    a. Ability to Hulksmash: H
    b. Super Reflexes: R
    c. Brown eyes: B
    d. Dimples: D
    Part 3: Assign a genotype for each genetic trait to each
    superparent.
     Remember, if the parent has a phenotype for a dominant
    trait, their genotype could be homozygous dominant or
    heterozygous. You choose 

    Part 4: Complete a Punnett Square for each genetic trait

    Part 5: Roll the virtual 4-sided die to identify the


    genotype of the baby for each genetic trait:
    http://www.roll-dice-online.com/

    Part 6: Introduce your new superbaby as a member of the


    Avengers/Justice League.

    Extra Time? Add more characteristics or identify more


    offspring!
    SUPERHERO GENETICS
    Mom’s alleles go here:

    Dad’s alleles go here:


    Trait 1: 1 2

    Mom’s Genotype:

    Dad’s Genotype:
    3 4
    Baby’s Genotype:

    Baby’s Phenotype:

    Mom’s alleles go here:


    Trait 2:

    Mom’s Genotype:

    Dad’s Genotype:
    Dad’s alleles go here:

    1 2
    Baby’s Genotype:

    Baby’s Phenotype:

    3 4
    SUPERHERO GENETICS
    Mom’s alleles go here:

    Dad’s alleles go here:


    Trait 3:

    Mom’s Genotype: 1 2

    Dad’s Genotype:

    Baby’s Genotype:

    Baby’s Phenotype: 3 4

    Mom’s alleles go here:


    Trait 4:

    Mom’s Genotype:
    Dad’s alleles go here:

    Dad’s Genotype:
    1 2
    Baby’s Genotype:

    Baby’s Phenotype:

    3 4

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