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Summary: This week I learned about what a homozygous is, what a heterozygous is, and how to make a punnett square. Homozygous means that when 2 alleles in 1 pair are the same such as AA or aa. Then heterozygous is when 2 alleles in 1 pair are different. Some pairs that are heterozygous can be Aa, Bb, or Cc. Then a punnett square is when you have a square and you break it into 4 sections. Then on the 2 sections on the top you put the alleles of the dad and on the left side you put the alleles of the mom. An example is if the dad's genes are DD and the moms genes are dd. Then the combinations in each square would be Dd. The reason is because a child doesn't just get 1 gene from 1 parent, the child get's both genes but depending on whether the gene is dominant or recessive the child will most likely have the dominant trait.
SP2: Developing and using models
Models make it possible to go beyond things you observe and simulate a world not yet seen. Models enable predictions of the form “if…then… therefore” to be made in order to test hypothetical explanations.
Did you build a model, draw a picture, created a concept map, etc?
Answer: In class we did a few punnet squares in our notebooks and we had to do one for our superhero's child. To determine what genes the child would have.
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