chapter 9 genetics. why… when 2 giraffes mate, do you only get another giraffe? …. why don’t...
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Why…Why…
• When 2 giraffes mate, do you only get another giraffe?
• …. Why don’t you get a porcupine instead?
Heredity= passing traits to Heredity= passing traits to offspringoffspring
• Traits= eye-color, hair-color, height, skin color, personality, diseases, etc.
• Offspring= what’s born, puppies, babies, kittens
• Genotype: what your DNA code says• Phenotype: what shows on the
outside
AllelesAlleles• We use letters to represent traits
when we study genetics. • ½ chromosomes come from dad and
½ come from mom ….so 2 letters for every trait
• Ex: eye color= letter b • B= brown b= blue
Dominant/ RecessiveDominant/ Recessive• So the different combinations of
those letters are…• BB: genotype (carries 2 brown),
phenotype (shows brown)• Bb: genotype (carries both),
phenotype (shows brown)• bb: genotype (carries only blue),
phenotype (shows blue)
Incomplete DominanceIncomplete Dominance• White + red= ______________• Curly + straight= ________________
• CC
• Cc
• cc