Friday, September 19, 2008

Topic two lab dragons and flies

Genotype

The genotype is the set of genes in an organism, whether it is a cell or a whole human.

Phenotype

The appearance of an organism as a result of how the genotype reacts to its environment.

Allele

One of the two genes that are on different parts of a chromosome. These control what traits an organism has at birth, one from mother and one from the father, like in the case of the dragons. In the case of the dragons they have the same allele.


Cross

The point at which different characteristics interact.

Dominant

The dominant gene is the one that determines things like hair color.

Recessive

This refers to the gene whose affect isn’t detectable.


Below are the pictures of my succesful labs. :-)




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