Today we discussed one way to represent a visual for inheritance of traits, a pedigree. A pedigree for a family is basically a family tree. We discussed three types of inheritance patterns: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and sex-linked inheritance.
The mandatory project for this nine weeks, The Pedigree Project, was assigned. Students were given the story of a fictitious family and were tasked to create a pedigree for them. They were then given a trait to trace through this family and then determined the inheritance pattern for the trait. All information for the project can be found under "First Nine Weeks" -> "Unit 3" and at the bottom of that page. Students were given a half work day to start the rough draft; if not done today, it is my expectation that it is done tomorrow towards the beginning of class.
HW: 270-271 (by Monday)
The mandatory project for this nine weeks, The Pedigree Project, was assigned. Students were given the story of a fictitious family and were tasked to create a pedigree for them. They were then given a trait to trace through this family and then determined the inheritance pattern for the trait. All information for the project can be found under "First Nine Weeks" -> "Unit 3" and at the bottom of that page. Students were given a half work day to start the rough draft; if not done today, it is my expectation that it is done tomorrow towards the beginning of class.
HW: 270-271 (by Monday)