Student Exploration: Mouse Genetics(One Trait And Two Traits)

Name: _Kai Davidson_____________________________________ Date:________________________Student Exploration: Mouse Genetics(One Trait AND Two Traits)Vocabulary: allele, DNA, dominant allele, gene, genotype, heredity, hete rozygous,homozygous, hybrid, inheritance, phenotype, Punnett sq uare, recessive allele, traitGizmo Warm-up Heredity is the passage of genetic information from parents tooffspring. The rules of inheritancewere discovered in the 19 thcentury by Gregor Mendel. With the Mouse Genetics (One Trait)Gizmo, you will study how one trait, or feature, is inherited.1. Drag two black mice into the Parent 1andParent 2 boxes.Click Breed several times. What do the offspring look like?[All of the offspring will have black fur ] The appearance of each mouse is also called its phenotype.2. Click Clear, and drag two white mice into the parent boxes. Click Breedseveral times. Whatis the phenotype of the offspring now? [ All offspring are white fured. ]3. Do you think mouse offspring will always look like their pa rents? [Yes. But it will differentways the offspring will very from the parent. ]Explain: [ For example if your mom has sharp ears and you r dad has flat ears, you could get amixture of both types of ears. ]_Activity A: Patterns of inheritanceGet the Gizmo ready: Click Clear. Drag a black mouse and a white