1.Genetics2. Heredity and Genetics• Heredity is the passing of traitsfrom parents to offspring• Traits are controlled by genes,so GENETICS is the study ofhow traits are…

Slide 1 Warm- Up # 4 1.What is a dominant trait? 2.What is a recessive trait? 3.Is “Bb” genotype or phenotype? 4.Is black hair genotype or phenotype? 5.Which of these…

Slide 1 Next Slide 2 Punnett Squares Welcome! Welcome to the wonderful world of Punnett squares! This e-lesson is here to introduce you to the concepts behind Punnett squares…

Slide 1 Evolutionary Fitness Slide 2 Absolute Fitness Reproductive success: change in proportion of offspring in the next generation Can be determined for genotypes or phenotypes…

Slide 1 Slide 2 10/7/02 Road Map Evolution: variation + selection = adaptation example: LDH in killifish Evolved behaviors –Tropisms in bacteria & fruit flies –Gibbon…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Population Genetics Mendelian genetics predicts the outcome of specific matings between individuals What about the genetics of an entire population?…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Why is everyone so different? Why do some people look the same, like family members? Slide 3 Even in animals? Why do some Larkeys have red or gray eyes? Why…

Speciation in which the populations are physically separated. A term for physically separated populations. Natural selection The process by which traits become more or less…

BB Bb bb Bb bb Populations: Allele Frequencies 1) Suppose that the frequency of the b allele in the population is .3 . a) What is the frequency of the B allele in the population?…

Read pages 6 to 9 and write 10 multiple choice questions (each with 4 possible answers) on the subject of species, breeds, varieties, selective breeding and cross-breeding.…