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Life’s Biggest Question
Solved!
Why we are the way we are…
How do you know if a
teenager is a boy or a girl?
You look in their genes!
How many chromosomes
do humans have in their
body cells?
46 total
or
23 sets
How many chromosomes
come from mom?
23 total
Where are the genes?
Mom
Dad
Gene for eye color
Genotype
b
B
Phenotype
Brown
B
Dominant –
bossy
b
Recessive –
whimp
Genotype
Strongest Phenotype
BB B
bb b
Bb B
What genotypes can we get from a
certain set of parents?
Mom
Aa
A aa
A = Brown hair
Dad
a = Blonde hair
Aa
a
A
A
Genotype
Phenotype
Brown
Brown
Brown
Blonde
Law of Independent Assortment
• Mendel and his peas
Easier Way…
Mom
Aa
Dad
Aa
A
a
A
AA
Aa
a
Aa
aa
You Try….
Mom
AA
Dad
aa
You Try….
Mom
aa
Dad
aa
You Try….
Mom
AA
Dad
AA
Homozygous = two of
the same size letter aa AA
Heterozygous = two
Aa
different size letters
You Try
Heterozygous Mom and
Heterozygous Dad…
you pick the letter you
would like to use.
You Try
Mom homozygous for
“M” and Dad
homozygous for “m”
What words did you learn?
What skills did you learn?
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