2/19/14
105th Day of School
Learning goal (7.L.2.2): I will be able to identify the
probabilities of the outcomes of Punnett squares.
Due Today: Late work
Evening Assignment: Complete Punnett
Square/Probabilities Problems
On the BACK
On the FRONT
Acquired Trait
Definition/characteristics: A trait or
characteristic that is developed or
learned through life. Traits you aren’t
born with. Traits GENERALLY not
controlled by DNA.
Examples:
Walking, speaking English,
dyed hair, pierced ears,
Glasses, skin cancer?
Acquired trait
Inherited trait
Sexual reproduction
Heredity
DNA
Chromosome
Gene
Allele
Genotypes
Phenotype
Dominant
Recessive
Gregor Mendel
Pea Plants
Punnett Square
Monohybrid cross
Homozygous (Purebred)
Heterozygous (Hybrid)
Genetics Vocabulary Flashcards due 2/21/14
Your PowerPoint should include the
following slides:
• Slide #1: Who is Gregor Mendel?
(include his biography and a
picture.)
• Slide #2: Pea Plant Experiment
What did he do?
• Slide #3: Pea Plant Experiment
What did he discover?
• Slide #4: Father of Genetics
Why is he called this?
Significance?
Contribution to genetics?
Gregor Mendel PowerPoint due 2/18/14
View the Mendel Pea Plant Video below to help you
understand how alleles are represented on a
Punnett square.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mehz7tCxjSE
Mendel Monohybrid Cross
Read pages 110-111 C in the yellow textbook.
McDougal Littell textbook p. 111C
Patterns of heredity can
be predicted.
McDougal Littell Page C113
Punnett Square & Probability
McDougal Littell Page C113
Probability as a Ratio & Percentage
On a sheet of paper complete the following
problems after reviewing the example problem:
Punnett Square Practice
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Tonight…
1. Complete late work.
2. Complete Punnett square/Probabilities
problems.
Quiz is Friday!
Evening Assignment