Thursday, October 31, 2013

Biology 2 Unit 2

Day Starter:
Objective: Students will interpret and analyze inheritance patterns in order to determine traits in offspring using a lab activity and punnett squares and the following vocabulary: dominant trait, recessive trait, genotype, phenotype, heterozygous and homozygous.

Questions: 
1) What is produced by mitosis? Meiosis?
2) What is a monohybrid cross? Give an example.
3) What is a dihybrid cross? Give an example.

Exit Ticket:
What can punnett squares tell us? Draw a sample and write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph explaining your answer. Include 2 of the following terms in your response: homozygous, heterozygous, phenotype, genotype, dominant allele, recessive allele.