Genetic Investigation

Why do some people have certain traits and not others?

Your Goal: Find out why some people have some traits and
others (in the same family) do not.

1. Choose a trait from the list below:

Dominant Recessive
Hazel or green eyes Blue or grey eyes
Freckles No freckles
Dimples No dimples
Normal chin Receding chin
Broad nose Narrow nose
White hair streak Normal hair coloring
Kinky hair All other hair types
Abundant body hair Little body hair
Nearsightedness Normal vision
Astigmatism Normal vision
Mongolian Fold No fold in eyes
Broad lips Thin lips
Large eyes Small eyes
Short stature Tall stature
High blood pressure Normal blood pressure
Six fingers Normal, five fingers
Webbed fingers Normal fingers
Dwarfism Normal growth
Migraine Normal
A blood type O
B blood type O
Rh factor (+) No factor (Rh -)
Dimples No dimples
Free earlobes Attached earlobes
Baldness (male) Not bald
Roll tongue Cannot roll tongue
Second toe longer First (big) toe longest
Tone deafness Normal tone hearing

2. Do a web search for the genetic trait. Be sure it is reliable

and accurate. Locate and extract sound research information to use
in your final presentation to the project question.

3. Explain how the trait is inherited using the following terms:

heredity, trait, phenotype, genotype, chromosomes, genes, alleles,
dominant, recessive, Punnett square

4. Explain the answer to the class in a creative way using one

of the following tools:

Glogster, Cinema Veriteen, Voicethread, animoto, or another

multimodal presentation tool