Make Your Own Pedigree       First, choose a trait that you would like to investigate. It should be a heritable  trait like tongue rolling, cleft chin, widow’s peak, opposable thumb, or hand clasping.  Then, interview or observe the trait starting with your grandparents (mother or father  side). This will be followed by your aunts and uncles, and for the third generation you,  your siblings, and your cousins. Draw your pedigree on the space provided

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Q: Based on the information in Figure 2, what is the genotype of the father? * BB Bb bb

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Q: tance laws apply, and a trait is either completely dominant or recessive. Eye color: Br - dominant…

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Q: Eye Color is a trait that involves a number of genes. To simplify our example, we can break down the…

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Q: Discuss the pedigree using appropriate terms.

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Q: Answer the following question from the image:

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Q: What color eyes does the father have? *

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Q: Use the following figure to answer the question. Shaded crossed symbols indicate affected…

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Inheritance and Mendelian Genetics

Inheritance means the passing of traits to offspring from parents. These traits could be passed either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. The offspring receives the genetic material from the parents. Mendelian inheritance is a certain biological inheritance that follows the rules and principles laid down by Gregor Mendel in 1865. The initial hypothesis was considered wrong, but other inheritance theories modified the concept of inheritance and thus genetics.