GeneticsWorkshop

Name_________________Hour______#___

Station#1:PedigreeStation
http://www.biotopics.co.uk/genes/pedigr.html
http://bio3400.nicerweb.com/med/Vid/Discover2e/ch13a04_Pedigree.swf
ReadtheBiotopicswebsitetolearnhowtoreadPedigrees.Practiceansweringquestionsonthe
Nicerwebactivity.Matchpedigreesontheworksheettothevocabularyinthewordbank.

Station#2:MitosisvsMeiosisVideoStation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_edexcel/cells/mitosisact.shtml
WatchtheBBCvideothatcomparesmitosisandmeiosis.Itisaveryshortvideobuttheinformation
comesveryfast.Youmayneedtorewindthevideoseveraltimestogetalloftheinformation.

Station#3:GeneticDisorderResearchStation
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov
&lookfordisorderbynameunderConditions
Sitatacomputer.Thecomputeryouareworkingwithismarkedwithageneticdisorder.Pleaseread
theinformationalwebsiteabovetoanswerthequestionsaboutthedisorder.Everybodyinyourgroup
isresearchingadifferentdisorder.Shareyourresearchonceeverybodyhaslookeduptheirdisorder.

Station#4:LewPortAnimationStation
https://lpscience.fatcow.com/jwanamaker/animations/meiosis.html
Followalongwiththeworksheettofillinmissinginformation.Stopwheninstructedtodrawtheway
thecelllooksonthedrawingworksheet.Clickthenextbuttononlywhenitappearsontheworksheet.

Station#5:MeiosisDiagramStation
Pleaseusethetextbook,page128129todiagramthestepsofmeiosis.Youneedtoincludethe
descriptionforall8stepsandcolorthechromosomessothatyoucanseewheretheygoasthecell
divides.CompletethisdiagramonthefrontsideofStation#6sGeneticTimelinediagram.

Station#6:GeneticsTimeline
UsetheCellsandHereditybookpages128131todiagramatimelineofGenetics.Yourtimeline
must
include1665,1866,1882,1928,1951,1973,2000andtheApplicationboxaboutAshantiin
1986.CompletethisdiagramonthebacksideofStation#5smeiosisdiagram.

Station#7:DimplesWorksheet
CompletethefrontandbackoftheReinforcementworksheetpages3738toreviewPunnettsquares.
PleasealsolabelitStation#7tostayorganized.

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Pleasecheckoffthestationsasyouvisitthem.

Station1
Station4

Station2
Station5
Station7

Station3
Station6

Station#1:Pedigrees

Thispedigreeshowsanexampleofa_____________trait.

Thispedigreeshowsanexampleofa_____________trait.

Thispedigreeshowsanexampleofa_____________trait.

WordBank
dominant
recessive
sexlinked

Station#2:MitosisvsMeiosis

Whencellsdivideby
mitosis
,theproductistwocellsidenticaltotheoriginal
parentcell.Plants,microorganismsandsomeanimalsthatreproduceby________
reproductioncanusemitosistocreateoffspring.SincenonewDNAisintroduced,the
offspringwillbegenetically__________totheparent.

Chromosomescomeinpairs.Humanshave____pairsofchromosomesinthe
nucleusofeachcells.
Meiosis
onlyoccursin__________organsandproduces
______,oreggandspermcells.Meiosisendsinthechromosomessplittinginto23
singlechromosomes,orhalfofthegeneticinformationneededtoreproduce.
_______musthappenhappenswhenthemaleandfemalegametesjointogether.
ThemixofthetwosetsofDNAisuniqueandintroducesvariationratherthan
identicaloffspring.

Meiosisoccurswhenacell's23chromosomepairscopythemselvesand
_____.SectionsofDNAget_______betweensimilarchromosomepairs.This
createsgeneticvariation.Thecellthendividesintotwosothat23pairsgotoeach
half.Thesecellsdivideagaintomake____gametecellswith23single
chromosomes.

Station#3:GeneticDisorderResearch

Whatisthenameofthegeneticdisorderyouhavebeenassigned?

Whatisit?Whathappenswhenyouhavethisdisease?

Whichgenesareaffected?

Describehowthisgeneisinherited.(Isitdominantorrecessive?Howmanycopies
areneededforittobeinherited?)

Howcommonisthisdisease?Doesitonlyaffectcertaintypesofpeople?

Station4:LewPortAnimation
LewPortAnimation
https://lpscience.fatcow.com/jwanamaker/animations/meiosis.html
Fillintheblanksasyouclickthroughtheslides.Thereareeightdrawingstocompleteasyougo.
Followthedirectionstomakesureyoudrawthescreenviews.Whenyousee

,clickitonthe

animation.

Meiosis:Usedtoform____________(sperm&egg)meiosisbeginswithanormalcellthathas
________________,representedherebysimilarcolors.Thiscellhas3pairs(6chromosomes).
BOXONE:
Drawthecellinboxone.Use2shadesofblue,2shadesofgreen,and2shadesof
red.Makesuretousethesamecolorsforallofyourdrawings.

Thechromosomeseachbeginto____________,ormakecopiesofthemselves.Thecopy
remainsattachedtotheoriginalchromosome.

BOXTWO:
Drawthecell.Label"onechromosome"and"centromere."
Eachchromosomeisnowdoubled,andthecellisreadyto________.Thiscellisstill
consideredtohave6chromosomesor3pairs.

BOXTHREE:
Drawthecellinboxthree.Labelonechromosomepair.
Eachchromosomefindsitspartner.Ineachpair,oneofthechromosomescamefrom
__________.Remember,thiscellhas3pairs(similarcolorsets.)

Observethecellbutdon'tdrawityet.Noticethecolorchangesforthatpair.

Thechromosomesthenseparatefromtheirpartners.Sometimes,twopartnerswill
_______________(trade)parts,astheblueonesdohere.

Onlyonehalfofthedoubledchromosomesgoto__________.

BOXFOUR:
Drawthecellwithnewcellmembranedividinglineandcolorchange.
Acellmembraneformsat___________ofthecell,creatingtwocells.Therearenolongerany
pairsofchromosomes,buteachoneisstillattachedtoitscopy.

BOXFIVE:
Drawthecells(makesureyoustillhavethenewcellmembrane).
Thechromosomesofeachcellnowlineupalongthenewequatorsofthecells.

Asinmitosis,thedoubledchromosomesnow________andmovetothenewcells'poles.

BOXSIX:
Drawthecellpayingcloseattentiontothecolorsofeachchromosomeandwhereit
islocatedineachofthetwocells.
Only_____copyofonechromosomefromeachpairreacheseachpole.(Inthiscell,that
meansonly3chromosomesfromtheoriginal6.)

BOXSEVEN:
Drawthecellswiththeformationofnuclearmembranes.Labelthem.
Newmembranesfromaroundeach_____________.

Eachcellnowdividesagain,formingatotalof4cells.Eachcellhas______oftheoriginal
numberofchromosomes.
BOXEIGHT:
Drawthefourhaploidcells.

Station#5:MeiosisDiagram
(Textbookp.128129)

Station#6:GeneticsTimeline
(CellsandHeredityp.128131)