Lab Report Assistant: This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report.

It is simply a summary of the experiments questions and data tables which should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students writing of lab reports by providing this information in an .rtf format, which can be copied and pasted into an electronic document.

Phenotype and Genotype

Exercise 1: Observing Phenotype Characteristics Data Table 1. Phenotype and Genotype Phenotype & Genotype from Parent 1 Dimpled chin Dd
Phenotype & Genotype(s) from Parent 2

Trait

Phenotype Characteristics

Offspring:

Dimpled chin

Dimpled chin is dominant. D = Dimples dd = No dimples

Free ear lobe

Free (unattached) ear lobe is dominant; attached is recessive. A = Unattached aa = Attached

Attached ear lobe aa

Ability to taste PTC strips

Ability to taste PTC is dominant; inability to taste is recessive. P = Taste pp = Cannot taste

Ability to taste Pp

Interlocking fingers

Left thumb over right is dominant; right thumb over left is recessive. F = Left over right ff = Right over left

Right thumb over left ff

Mid-digital hair

Hair on the joints of fingers is dominant; no hair is recessive. H = Hair on joints hh = No hair

Hair on joints HH

Bent little finger

Little finger bending in towards ring finger is dominant; no bend is recessive. B = Bent bb = Straight

Little finger bends Bb

Widows peak

Hairline coming to a point in center of forehead is dominant; straight hairline is recessive. W = Widows peak ww = Straight hairline Straight thumb is dominant; ability to bend thumb back more than 90 is recessive. T = Bent thumb tt = Straight thumb

Straight hairline Ww

Hitchhikers thumb

Bent thumb TT

Blue or green

Brown eyes are dominant; blue or green eyes are recessive. E = Brown eyes ee = Blue or green eyes

Green eyes ee

eyes

Lab Report Assistant: This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. It is simply a summary of the experiments questions and data tables which should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students writing of lab reports by providing this information in an .rtf format, which can be copied and pasted into an electronic document. Rolled tongue Ability to roll tongue is dominant; flat tongue is recessive. L = Rolled tongue ll= Flat tongue Rolled tongue Ll

Prepared Punnett Squares: There are 20 squares provided; 2 for each trait. Parent 1 P a r e n t 2 P a r e n t 2 Parent 1

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Lab Report Assistant: This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. It is simply a summary of the experiments questions and data tables which should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students writing of lab reports by providing this information in an .rtf format, which can be copied and pasted into an electronic document. P P a a r r e e n n t t 2 2

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Lab Report Assistant: This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. It is simply a summary of the experiments questions and data tables which should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students writing of lab reports by providing this information in an .rtf format, which can be copied and pasted into an electronic document. P P a a r r e e n n t t 2 2

Questions: A. As Parent 2, how many recessive traits did you express? What were they? B. As Parent 2, how many dominant traits did you express? What were they? C. While the traits studied in Exercise 1 were hypothetical genetic traits, what type of genetic traits do you think are important to study and predict? Give an example of a genetic trait that is carefully monitored when two parents are creating an offspring and why it would be important to monitor.