1. Yes! A Punnett square is when you take 4 boxes and combine the parent traits to see what the offspring might have
5. Genotypes are letters that describe traits by using AA, Aa, and aa.
8. Traits are things like hair color, eye shape, or even height.
2. Homozygous dominant - the more common trait that shows two dominant allele (AA)3. Heterozygous - a trait that consists of the dominant and recessive qualities (Aa)4. Homozygous recessive - a less common trait that shows two recessive allele (aa)
there's so many words we have to learn! I don't know if I'll be able to remember them
6. Our phenotypes are so different. My hair is black and yours is white. Our skin is also different colors
9. Today class we are going to be using pedigree charts to compare 2 adult foxes. A pedigree chart is a diagram that shows a gene passing from its parents/ancestors to it's offspring.
Professor Smith can you remind me what an Allele is?
7. Sure! An Allele is one of two or more forms of a given gene variant. Simply put, its shown by using letters like AA, Aa, and aa.