YR 10 GENETICS Name Investigation of Mendelian patterns of inheritance MR POTATO HEAD meets and marries MS POTATO HEAD. In the year following the couple have a crop of over a dozen smalll fries. ‘To demonstrate Mendelian patterns of inheritance. Materials: ¥ 1 potato ¥ coloured plasticine ¥ pipe cleaners ¥ coloured paper ¥ gonad bag ¥ digital camera (for family photo's) ¥ Imagination (this is essential) Method: 1. Table 1 shows the various phenotypes and genotypes for Potato Heads. Tablel, | Mr and Mrs Potato Head's genotype and phenotype Parent | Sex Sex Bye Eye ‘Am | Ann Foot | Foot Chromo | phenotype | colour | colour length length size size somes genotype | phenotype | genotype | phenotype | genotype | phenotype Mr Potato Bb Brown aa FF Head Ms Potato Brown |AA ff Head heterozygous LEE B=browneyes F =large feet A= long arms blue eyes f= small feet a= short arms Niones 7.Method (cont): 2: ‘andomily select one small fry envelope (gonad bag) and record your results in Table 2. 3. Use Table 1 to determine the phenotypes for each genotype or combination. 4. Collect the appropriate materials and make your small fry. 5. Collate the class data and enter this into Table 3 so that you have a complete Potato Head family 6. Summarise the class results into Table 4. Results: Table Your small fry profile ‘Small | Sex Sex Eye Eye ‘Arm ‘Arm Foot Foot Fries | chromo- | phenotype | colour | colour | fength | length size size somes genotype | phenotype | genotype | phenotype | genotype | phenotype #1 A mark Paste a photo, picture or portrait of your small fry here T mark NionesTable 3: Class Data for SMALL FRIES ‘Small Fries Sex, chromo- sornes Sex phenotype Eye colour genotype Eye colour phenotype Arm length genotype ‘Ann Jength phenotype Foot Foot size size genotype | phenotype #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 Niones %Table 3: Class Data for SMALL FRIES. ‘Small ‘Sex ‘Sex Bye Eye ‘Arm ‘Arm Foot Foot Fries | chroro- | phenotype | colour | colour | length _—_| length size size sommes genotype | phenctype | genotype | phenotype | genotype | phenotype #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 Niones wareTable 4: Summary of Class Data for Small Fries 8 marks Phenotype Number of Percentage off spring with this phenotype Eye colour Brown | Blue | | Arm length Long a, 6 t~ Short | | Foot length i | 9 arge . \ | of Small | Female Male Niones 78