DESCRIPTION
The class was given a fictional scenario about a murder at a dinner party. We were given different pieces of "evidence", including blood samples, fingerprints, and a fake knife that was used as the murder weapon. We used fingerprinting to determine which suspect was most likely to have committed the crime and used pedigrees and Punnett squares to determine what genetic diseases or conditions they carried.
My group's presentation can be found below.
The class was given a fictional scenario about a murder at a dinner party. We were given different pieces of "evidence", including blood samples, fingerprints, and a fake knife that was used as the murder weapon. We used fingerprinting to determine which suspect was most likely to have committed the crime and used pedigrees and Punnett squares to determine what genetic diseases or conditions they carried.
My group's presentation can be found below.
CONTENT
Incomplete dominance- one allele is not completely dominant over the other
Codominance- the phenotypes of both alleles are expressed
Complete dominance- an allele trait is completely dominant over the other allele
Phenotype- visible or observable characteristic in an organism
Genotype- genetic makeup of a cell that determines characteristics
Genetic disease- caused by a mutation in a single gene
Mutations- changes in DNA sequence that affect genetic information
Homozygous- both copies of a gene have the same allele
Heterozygous- carries two different alleles
Monohybrid cross- cross involving a single trait
Dihybrid cross- cross involving two traits
Pedigree- used to show family history and diseases, who in the family is a carrier of a disease and who has it
REFLECTION
Our group did well with time management and were able to finish the project on time. We didn't need to work outside of class to complete assignments. I got distracted at times and can work on staying on task, especially during time used in making the presentation. My group had few disagreements and collaborated well. I did well in contributing to finding the blood types of each of the given samples, but struggled in focusing for long periods of time. I could be more considerate of my teammates and help more with different aspects of each project, helping in areas needing more work instead of just my own.
I worked on this project with Suyash Krishan, Owen Ondricek, and Aiden Pester.
Incomplete dominance- one allele is not completely dominant over the other
Codominance- the phenotypes of both alleles are expressed
Complete dominance- an allele trait is completely dominant over the other allele
Phenotype- visible or observable characteristic in an organism
Genotype- genetic makeup of a cell that determines characteristics
Genetic disease- caused by a mutation in a single gene
Mutations- changes in DNA sequence that affect genetic information
Homozygous- both copies of a gene have the same allele
Heterozygous- carries two different alleles
Monohybrid cross- cross involving a single trait
Dihybrid cross- cross involving two traits
Pedigree- used to show family history and diseases, who in the family is a carrier of a disease and who has it
REFLECTION
Our group did well with time management and were able to finish the project on time. We didn't need to work outside of class to complete assignments. I got distracted at times and can work on staying on task, especially during time used in making the presentation. My group had few disagreements and collaborated well. I did well in contributing to finding the blood types of each of the given samples, but struggled in focusing for long periods of time. I could be more considerate of my teammates and help more with different aspects of each project, helping in areas needing more work instead of just my own.
I worked on this project with Suyash Krishan, Owen Ondricek, and Aiden Pester.