Color Blind
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Biology Lab – Unit 3
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Title: Lab to Determine the Outcome of Heredity
Instructions: You will fill out the Punnett squares and answer a set of questions for each exercise.
When your lab report is complete, submit this document to your instructor in your assignment box.
Using what you learned on the lab animation (and the images below), you will fill in the following Punnett squares and answer the questions that follow:
Exercise 1: Color Blindness
- Choose the parental gametes, and align these in the correct positions around the Punnett square. (Type in the correct gametes. Pink are the female gametes, and blue are the male gametes. XC is the gene for normal vision, and Xc is the gene for color blindness.)
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- Choose the correct genotype of the progeny to fill in the Punnett square.
(Type the correct genotypes in the boxes.)
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__X C ____ ___Xc___
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___Xc_
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___Y__
Question | Answer |
What is the genotype of the mother? | Xc XC |
What is the genotype of the father? | XcY |
What are the possible phenotypes of their children? | Xc Xc / XCY / Xc XC / XcY |
What is the probability of the color blind trait in female children and the probability of the color blind trait in male children? | The probability is a 50/50 chance since the mother carries the chromosome that aids it and the father carries the trait. |
X and Y genes code for male and female gender. XX is female and XY is male. Why is XcY color blind, but XcXC not color blind? Can an XcXC female pass the color blind trait to her children? | It is possible, but not probable. If the chromosome is available, there is a 50/50 chance of the child to be colorblind. |
Exercise 2: Freckles
- Choose the parental gametes and align these in the correct positions around the Punnett square. (Type in the correct gametes. The pink are female gametes, and the blue are male gametes.)
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- Choose the correct genotype of the progeny to fill in the Punnett square.
(Type in the genotypes.)
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__F__ ___f___
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__f__
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__f__
Question | Answer |
What is the genotype of the mother? | Ff |
What is the genotype of the father? | ff |
What are the possible phenotypes of the children? | Ff ff |
What is the probability of freckles in their children? | Because only the mother carries the trait, which this means that only those with Ff have a chance of getting freckles. |
Freckles in humans are inherited by which pattern: dominant/recessive, incomplete dominance, or codominance? Why does the mother have freckles, even though she has a gene for no freckles? Why does the father have no freckles? | Only the mother can pass on the trait which means they will likely have freckles since the father does not carry the trait for them. |
Exercise 3: Blood Type
A male has Type A blood, and a female has Type B blood. Could they have a child with Type O blood? Demonstrate how this is genetically possible by filling out the Punnett square.
Choose the correct parental gametes from all of the potential blood type gametes below, and align these in the correct positions around the Punnett square. (Type in the correct gametes. The pink are female gametes, and the blue are male gametes.)
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- Choose the correct genotypes of the progeny, and fill in the Punnett square.
(Type the correct genotypes into the boxes from the possible genotypes shown below).
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___ IB___ ___i___
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__ IA__
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___i___
Question | Answer |
What is the genotype of the mother? | IB i |
What is the genotype of the father? | IA i |
What are possible phenotypes of their children? | IAIB IAi IBi ii |
What is the probability of Type AB blood in their children? | There is no chance. |
Ms. Johnson is suing her former husband for potential child support payments for her 2-year-old child. Mr. Johnson’s attorney forcefully denies the fatherhood of his client, stating that the child of Ms. Johnson has blood type O, while the blood type of Mr. Johnson has Type A blood. The lawyer claims that Mr. Johnson cannot be the father of a child with Type O blood. Is the attorney, right? Why or why not? Explain your answer. | Mr. Johnson’s attorney is erroneous, because a child with type O could have been made by a male that has type A depending on the mother’s type. |
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