Analysis Questions: “Meiosis and Fertilization Make Cents’”
Analysis Questions: “Meiosis and Fertilization Make Cents’”
Answer in your notebook:
Answer in your notebook:
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In this activity, what did each coin represent?
What process was represented by the act of flipping the coins?
How in the activity was the process of fertilization represented?
You and your teammate made two offspring flies. Did they have the
same phenotypes (look exactly the same)? Since they are descended
from parents with the same genotypes, explain in words how the sib’s
acquired their phenotypes.
5. Examine our class data. In our entire class, how many different
offspring fly phenotypes were produced?
6. In our class, why are some offspring fly phenotypes more common than
others? Explain.
7. Fruit flies have more than three genes, of course… how many genes do
you think fruit flies really have? Describe the basis of your “guesstimate.” For comparison, the latest estimate for the human genome is
about 30,000 genes.
8. Give your best biological explanation for the observation that two
children descended from the same two human parents (you and your
sibling) look related (similar), but not exactly the same. (Identical twins
are a different story!) Use what you learned in this activity!
1.
2.
3.
4.
In this activity, what did each coin represent?
What process was represented by the act of flipping the coins?
How in the activity was the process of fertilization represented?
You and your teammate made two offspring flies. Did they have the
same phenotypes (look exactly the same)? Since they are descended
from parents with the same genotypes, explain in words how the sib’s
acquired their phenotypes.
5. Examine our class data. In our entire class, how many different
offspring fly phenotypes were produced?
6. In our class, why are some offspring fly phenotypes more common than
others? Explain.
7. Fruit flies have more than three genes, of course… how many genes do
you think fruit flies really have? Describe the basis of your “guesstimate.” For comparison, the latest estimate for the human genome is
about 30,000 genes.
8. Give your best biological explanation for the observation that two
children descended from the same two human parents (you and your
sibling) look related (similar), but not exactly the same. (Identical twins
are a different story!) Use what you learned in this activity!
Analysis Questions: “Meiosis and Fertilization Make Cents’”
Analysis Questions: “Meiosis and Fertilization Make Cents’”
Answer in your notebook:
Answer in your notebook:
1.
2.
3.
4.
In this activity, what did each coin represent?
What process was represented by the act of flipping the coins?
How in the activity was the process of fertilization represented?
You and your teammate made two offspring flies. Did they have the
same phenotypes (look exactly the same)? Since they are descended
from parents with the same genotypes, explain in words how the sib’s
acquired their phenotypes.
5. Examine our class data. In our entire class, how many different
offspring fly phenotypes were produced?
6. In our class, why are some offspring fly phenotypes more common than
others? Explain.
7. Fruit flies have more than three genes, of course… how many genes do
you think fruit flies really have? Describe the basis of your “guesstimate.” For comparison, the latest estimate for the human genome is
about 30,000 genes.
8. Give your best biological explanation for the observation that two
children descended from the same two human parents (you and your
sibling) look related (similar), but not exactly the same. (Identical twins
are a different story!) Use what you learned in this activity!
1.
2.
3.
4.
In this activity, what did each coin represent?
What process was represented by the act of flipping the coins?
How in the activity was the process of fertilization represented?
You and your teammate made two offspring flies. Did they have the
same phenotypes (look exactly the same)? Since they are descended
from parents with the same genotypes, explain in words how the sib’s
acquired their phenotypes.
5. Examine our class data. In our entire class, how many different
offspring fly phenotypes were produced?
6. In our class, why are some offspring fly phenotypes more common than
others? Explain.
7. Fruit flies have more than three genes, of course… how many genes do
you think fruit flies really have? Describe the basis of your “guesstimate.” For comparison, the latest estimate for the human genome is
about 30,000 genes.
8. Give your best biological explanation for the observation that two
children descended from the same two human parents (you and your
sibling) look related (similar), but not exactly the same. (Identical twins
are a different story!) Use what you learned in this activity!