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T. T. Tt. t. t. MIDDLE SCHOOL GENETICS. SINGLE TRAIT PUNNETT SQUARE. ¼. TOOLS TO KNOW. PARENT’S GENES. A PUNNET SQUARE IS A TOOL USED TO PREDICT THE POSSIBLE GENOTYPES FOR THE OFFSPRING OF TWO KNOWN PARENTS. PARENT’S GENES. TERMS TO KNOW. TERMS TO KNOW. TERMS TO KNOW. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MIDDLE SCHOOL GENETICS
SINGLE TRAIT PUNNETT SQUARE
Tt
T
t
T
t
¼
TOOLS TO KNOW
A PUNNET SQUARE IS A TOOL USED TO PREDICT THE POSSIBLE GENOTYPES FOR THE OFFSPRING OF TWO KNOWN PARENTS.
PARENT’S GENES
PA
RE
NT
’S G
EN
ES
TERMS TO KNOW
ALLELES DIFFERENT FORMS OF A TRAIT THAT A GENE MAY HAVE T,t
HOMOZYGOUS AN ORGANISM WITH TWO ALLELES THAT ARE THE SAME TT, tt
HETEROZYGOUS AN ORGANISM WITH TWO DIFFERENT ALLELES FOR A TRAIT Tt, Gg
TERMS TO KNOW
HYBRID SAME AS HETEROZYGOUS Tt, Gg
DOMINANT A TRAIT THAT DOMINATES OR COVERS UP THE OTHER FORM OF THE TRAIT
REPRESENTED BY AN UPPERCASE LETTER
T OR GRECESSIVE THE TRAIT BEING
DOMINATED OR COVERED UP BY THE DOMINATE TRAIT
REPRESENTED BY A LOWER CASE LETTER
t or g
TERMS TO KNOW
PHENOTYPE THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF AN ORGANISM
(WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE)
TALL, SHORT, GREEN, WRINKLED
GENOTYPE THE GENE ORDER OF AN ORGANISM
(WHAT ITS GENES LOOK LIKE)
TT, GG, Tt, gg
Gg, tt
RATIO THE RELATIONSHIP IN NUMBERS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE THINGS
3:1, 2:2, 1:2:1
HOW TO USE A MONOHYBRID (ONE TRAIT) PUNNETT SQUARE
THE PARENTS’ ALLELES GO ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SQUARE B B
b
b
BB X bb
HOW TO USE A MONOHYBRID (ONE TRAIT) PUNNETT SQUARE
THE PARENTS’ ALLELES GO ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SQUARE B B
b
b
B B
B B
DROP THE LETTERS ON THE TOP, INTO EACH SQUARE
MOVE EACH LETTER ON THE SIDE, INTO EACH SQUARE
THE ORDER DOES NOT MATTER IN THE BOXES, BUT UPPERCASE FIRST IS A GOOD RULE
b b
b b
HOW TO USE A MONOHYBRID (ONE TRAIT) PUNNETT SQUARE
B B
b
b
Bb Bb
Bb Bb
WHAT DO THE RESULTS SHOW?
IF B IS THE DOMINANT ALLELE FOR BLACK
AND b IS THE RECESSIVE ALLELE FOR BROWN
THEN WE CAN MAKE PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE OUTCOMES
RESULTS:
PHENOTYPIC: 100% BLACK
4:0 RATIO, BLACK TO BROWN
GENOTYPIC:
100% Bb
4:0 ALL Bb
HOW TO USE A PUNNETT SQUARE
T t
T
t
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS?
PHENOTYPIC:
75% TALL 25% SHORT
3 TO 1 RATIO: TALL TO SHORT
GENOTYPIC:
1TT: 2Tt: 1tt 1:2:1 RATIO
25 %TT, 50% Tt, 25% tt
LET’S LOOK AT ANOTHER PUNNETT SQUARE AND PREDICT THE OUTCOME T T
T t
T t
t t
T IS THE DOMINANT ALLELE FOR TALLNESS
t IS THE RECESSIVE ALLELE FOR SHORTNESS
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PUNNETT SQUARES
THE ALLELES OF A PARTICULAR SPECIES OF DOG CAN BE EITHER D (NORMAL HEIGHTH) OR d (DWARF). THE HETEROZYGOUS (Dd) AND HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT (DD) FORM OF THIS DOG LOOK THE SAME (TALL). IF YOU FOUND A STRAY DOG OF THIS BREED, HOW COULD YOU DETERMINE ITS GENOTYPE?
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PUNNETT SQUARES
COULD A DOG BE CROSSED WITH ANOTHER DOG TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS PUREBRED FOR TALLNESS?
WHAT GENOTYPE SHOULD THE DOG HAVE THAT IS BEING USED FOR THE CROSS?
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PUNNETT SQUARES
IF THE DOG IS PUREBRED (DD), IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU CROSS IT WITH, THE OFFSPRING WILL ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THE DOMINANT.
D D
D
DD
D D
D
D
D
d d
dDD
D
Dd Dd DdDd
Dd Dd
DD
DD
DD
DD
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PUNNETT SQUARES
WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE CROSS FOR DETERMINING IF THE DOG IS HETEROZYGOUS (Dd) ? CROSSING IT WITH A PUREBRED (DD) WILL NOT HELP.
D
WHAT WOULD THE RESULTS BE IF YOU CROSSED IT WITH ANOTHER HETEROZYGOUS?
d
D
d
D d
d
d
WHAT WOULD THE RESULTS BE IF YOU CROSSED IT WITH A HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE (dd)?
DdDD
Dd dd
Dd
Dd
dd
dd
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PUNNETT SQUARES
D d
D
d
DdDD
Dd dd
D d
d
d
Dd
Dd
dd
dd
THE HETEROZYGOUS CROSS WOULD ONLY GIVE YOU A 25% CHANCE OF THE RECESSIVE TRAIT APPEARING.
THE MOST EFFECTIVE CROSS WAS USING THE HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE. THIS WOULD GIVE A 50% CHANCE OF THE RECESSIVE TRAIT APPEARING.
THIS PROCESS IS CALLED A TEST CROSS. IN A LITTER OF DOGS, IF A RECESSIVE DOG APPEARS, THEN YOU KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL DOG WAS NOT A PUREBRED.
TAKS FORMATTED ITEMS
IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER (FRUIT FLIES), RED EYE COLOR (R) IS DOMINANT OVER BROWN EYE COLOR (r). IF THE FLIES IN THE PICTURE WERE CROSSED, WHAT PERCENT OF THEIR OFFSPRING WOULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE BROWN EYES?
ANSWER: 50%
TAKS FORMATTED ITEMS
H h
H
h
4
3
1
2
1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAS THE hh GENOTYPE?
A. 1 & 3B. 2C. 4D. NONE
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TRUE STATEMENT?
A. INDIVIDUAL 4 IS RECESSIVEB. INDIVIDUALS 1 & 3 ARE HETEROZYGOUSC. INDIVIDUAL 2 IS DOMINANTD. ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE FEMALE
B b
B
b
BB
Bb
Bb
bb
TAKS FORMATTED ITEMS
3. IF B IS THE ALLELE FOR BLACK FUR AND b IS THE ALLELE FOR WHITE FUR, WHAT PERCENT WOULD BE BLACK?
A. 25%B. 50%C. 100%D. 75%
4. WHAT FRACTION IS HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT IN THE ABOVE CROSS?
A. 1/2B. 1/4C. 1/3D. 3/4
B B
B
b
BB
Bb
BB
Bb
TAKS FORMATTED ITEMS
5. IN THIS CROSS, WHAT IS THE RATIO OF BB TO Bb?
A. 3 : 1B. 4 : 1C. 2 : 2D. 0 : 4
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Mendel picture provided by wikipedia.com
•Dog and tree pictures provided by Microsoft ClipArt
•Graphics from TEA/ TAKS information booklet Middle School Science Grade 8•Dice graphic from Microsoft Clipart