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• Fandango first introduced
the Bag Puppets in 2003
and over the years
they've garnered a huge
following. The colorful
characters have
entertained moviegoers
around the country.
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• Chromosomal analysis of the
Fandango has revealed that
they have 8 pairs of
chromosomes for a total of
16.
• In this activity, you will assist in
the reproduction of Fandango
offspring.
• You will have the opportunity
to observe all of the offspring
produced by 3 different sets
of Fandango parents.
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• The parents are heterozygous
for all eight traits.
• You will use the parent genes,
which are labeled on
chromosome strips, to
determine your offspring’s
genotypes. The capital letters
represent the dominant alleles
and the lowercase letters
represent the recessive alleles.
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• After determining your
Fandango’s genotypes and
phenotypes you will
construct it.
• You and your partner will
be responsible for
bringing in “clothing” for
your Fandango offspring.
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Pick the Parents!
Randomly pick a letter from the brown paper
bag. This will be the parent couple you will
represent in this project!
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Meet the Parents!
You will be representing one of
the couples revealed on the
front board. Record the names
of the parents in the chart:
Your Fandango Offspring:
Genotypes and Phenotypes
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You will need a
“Mother”
envelope and a
“Father”
envelope.
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1. Divide your group into two.
One person will be the Mother
and the other person the
Father. The Mother should
take the “Mother” envelope
and the father should take the
“Father” envelope.
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2. Remove all of the
pieces from the envelope.
Take the longest pairs of
orange (Father) and red
(Mother) chromosomes and
place them FACE DOWN
on your desks so that you
cannot see the letters.
Arrange the strips from
tallest to shortest. Put them
in number order.
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3. WITHOUT TURNING
THE CHROMOSOMES
OVER, each parent
picks up the two longest
strips numbered #1.
1
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1
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Each parent shuffles
their strips and
randomly chooses one.
Place the other strip in
the discard pile.
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4. On the DATA SHEET,
record the letter found
on the ORANGE
chromosome in the
Father column. Record
the letter found on the
RED chromosome in the
Mother column. Be sure
you copy the letters
exactly.
A
a
EXAMPLE
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5. Repeat steps 3 and 4
until all chromosome
strips have been used.
A
a
EXAMPLE
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6. After filling out the DATA SHEET, return all
chromosomes to their proper envelopes.
Body Part
Father
Mother
Genotype
Hair (color)
Hair (type)
Eyes
Nose
Lips
Freckles
Ears
Eyebrows
Sex
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Phenotype
7. Determine the GENOTYPE by combining the 2 letters
you chose from Father and Mother.
8. Record the PHENOTYPE for each characteristic, using
the key provided on the Fandango Genotypes and
Phenotypes page.
Body Part
Father
Mother
Genotype
Hair (color)
Hair (type)
Eyes
Nose
Lips
Freckles
Ears
Eyebrows
Sex
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Phenotype
Think about a name for the Fandango offspring that
starts with the letter of the parents you chose from the
bag.
Tomorrow: Build Your Fandango Offspring
• Working with your partner, you will use the
phenotypes to construct a Fandango offspring.
• All materials for the project will be provided EXCEPT
clothing. Remember to bring in clothes for your
Fandango to wear!
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• Today you will begin building
your Fandango offspring.
• Each team will get 1 brown
paper bag.
• Use the phenotype data
table as a “shopping list”.
• Go the letter station of the
parents you are representing
and gather your materials.
• Happy building!!
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