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Genetics Web Quest
Name_________________________________________
Class______
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/
What is Heredity?
1) Each of us has thousands of ____________ which are made of ____________ and reside in our __________________________.
2) Describe what a zygote is.__________________________________________________________________________
3) An egg cell has _____ chromosomes, a sperm cell has _____ chromosomes and a zygote has _______ chromosomes.
What is a Trait?
4) Define trait.______________________________________________________________________________________
5) What are the 3 types of traits? a)
b)
c)
6) What are the 2 alleles for the thumb example? a)
7) What are the four babies’ genotypes? a)
b)
b)
c)
d)
8) What is incomplete dominance?______________________________________________________________________
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What is a Chromosome?
9) How long would the DNA be from one human cell?___________________________________
10) _____________________________ are efficient storage units for DNA.
11) The 2 karyotypes shown are males or females?___________________________
12) # of chromosomes: Humans=_______ Mosquitos=________ Onions = _________ Carp=________
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/
How Do Scientists Read Chromosomes?
13) What 3 features do scientists use to find similarities and differences?
a)
b)
c)
14) The centromeres can be positioned in 3 different ways: a)
b)
c)
Make a Karyotype
15) What is a karyotype?______________________________________________________________________________
What type of living thing does this karyotype belong to?________________ Match up the karyotypes. What is the
gender?______________ What pair of chromosomes do you look at to determine the gender?___________
Using Karyotypes to Predict Genetic Disorders
16)Fertilization: Egg chromosome #_______ Sperm chromosome #_______ Zygote chromosome #_______
17) Too Many or Too Few Chromosomes: What is nondisjunction?____________________________________________
18) What is the difference between trisomy and monosomy?________________________________________________
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19) What are two different things that can occur because of trisomy or monosomy?
a)
B)
http://www.quia.com/quiz/220564.html
20) Show your 6 crosses with phenotypes and genotypes.
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Your score ___ /6
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/cloning.htm
21) What is cloning?_________________________________________________________________________________
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/cloning1.htm
22) How are plants cloned?___________________________________________________________________________
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/cloning3.htm
23) Describe how Dolly was made?______________________________________________________________________
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/cloning4.htm
24) List 3 reasons why plants or animals are cloned.
a)
b)
c)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/human-cloning3.htm
25) What are 2 main reasons of why humans are not cloned?
a)
b)
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber99/7th/genetics/sciber/genetic1.htm
25) How many chromosomes do these have? Chimp_____ Dog_____ Fruit fly_____Potato_____ Indian Fern_____
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html
26) Copy your punnett square for the lemmings’ first cross.
27) How many carriers of albinism are there with this cross?_____________
28) What are the genotypes for the lemmings dihybrid cross? ___________ x____________
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml
What were the six main goals of the Human Genome Project?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
http://www.ashg.org/education/career_flowchart.shtml
29) List 6 different careers in the Genetics field (from different educational training categories).
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/redhead-extinction.htm
30) Summarize the article “Are redheads going extinct?” in 4 sentences.
a)
b)
c)
d)
31) Research two additional genetics questions or topics of your choice and summarize your findings below:
Question/Topic:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Website URL:_______________________________________________________________________________________
a)
b)
c)
Question/Topic:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Website URL:_______________________________________________________________________________________
a)
b)
c)