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Activity 1: Mendelian Genetics: Fall 2015 Homework: Due at The Beginning of Activity Section Next Week
Activity 1: Mendelian Genetics: Fall 2015 Homework: Due at The Beginning of Activity Section Next Week
Fall 2015
Homework: Due at the beginning of activity section next week
Draw the pedigree for Marys family, and the pedigree for Mikes.
b.
Twelve people are mentioned in this question (not including Mike and Mary's
child). Of the 12, whose genotypes are certain and whose are uncertain? Plot all known
genotypes on the pedigree.
c.
What is the probability that Mike and Mary's child would have CF? Show how
you arrived at this numerical result. (Hint: it might help to draw Punnett squares for both
Mary and Mikes families.)
Your analysis of CF inheritance should total no more than 2 pages, single-spaced, 12-point
font, with one-inch margins. Spelling and grammar will be considered when assigning grades, although not
as much as content.
1.
This written portion of this assignment must be typed, but figures may be handwritten.
2. Turn in a hard copy of this assignment to next week's activity section. This assignment does not need
to be uploaded in TurnItIn.
For full credit, the hard copy must be turned in by the beginning of next week's activity section.