Judah Higgins

Mrs. JJ
Advanced Biology

Conclusion
The process of producing an offspring requiring two
organisms of different gender is called Sexual
reproduction. Sexual reproduction occurs with the process
of cell division (meiosis) and fertilization. When the sperm
and egg meet and fuse together it is called fertilization. The
process of fertilization causes variety of genes. DNA is
replicated during meiosis with two rounds of crossing over,
and cell division, which produces four haploid daughter cells.
The four haploid daughter cells have half the amount of
chromosomes of the diploid parent cell. Then the zygotes
(offspring) are created as the result.
Polygenic traits are traits that have several gene pairs
that influence a single trait. An example of polygenic trait is
hair color. This works because there are three pairs of genes
that will determine the babys skin color. Her first pair was
Dd, the second Dd, and the third was dd. That
determines her skin color will be well tanned, because of the
balance of Dominant and recessive traits (capitol and
lowercase.)
A scientist by the name Gregor Mendel discovered what
we now call Mendilian Dominance. Mendilian Dominance is
when an offspring is given a dominant allele from one of its
parents. The offspring will receive the trait that is dominant.
An example of dominance is my babys eyebrows thickness.
My babys eyebrow thickness genotype is Ff, and her
phenotype is medium thickness, because F is dominant

over r which is recessive. Incomplete dominance is when

two alleles blend.
In Sex Determination there are only two gene pairs
that influence the trait. Eggs contain two X chromosomes,
while Sperm carries both an X and a Y chromosome. Sense
eggs only carry X chromosomes; the sperm is the main
influence of the sex of the baby. In this baby lab I tossed
two pennies to determine the sex of my baby. The toss
determined that my baby would be a girl.