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    This document summarizes key points from the Amoeba Sisters video on alleles and genes: 1) Alleles are different forms of the same gene, and determine traits through dominance and recessiveness. 2) A person's genotype is determined by which alleles they inherit from each parent for a given gene. 3) One's phenotype is expressed based on their genotype, but the most common allele does not necessarily determine the dominant trait in a population.

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    This document summarizes key points from the Amoeba Sisters video on alleles and genes: 1) Alleles are different forms of the same gene, and determine traits through dominance and recessiveness. 2) A person's genotype is determined by which alleles they inherit from each parent for a given gene. 3) One's phenotype is expressed based on their genotype, but the most common allele does not necessarily determine the dominant trait in a population.

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    Amoeba Sisters Video Recap: Alleles and Genes

    1. Visualizing the Vocabulary: For the following Analyzing Inheritance: A human’s DNA code, found in
    illustration, determine where you could label the nearly all body cells, can be condensed into
    following terms: allele, gene locus, and chromosome. chromosomes.
    Be sure to draw arrows to specify where you are
    labeling! 2. How many chromosomes do humans have total in
    each *body cell? _____46_______

    3. How many of those chromosomes in each human


    *body cell are from the mother? ________23____

    4. How many of those chromosomes in each human


    *body cell are from their father? ________23____

    5. How many pairs of chromosomes are there in


    each human *body cell? ___23_______

    6. When looking at each pair, how many chromosomes


    in each pair come from the mother? ___1____ Father?
    ___1___

    *some exceptions
    7. Working with the Vocabulary: In your own words, explain how a person may taste the bitterness of PTC by using
    the following vocabulary words in your explanation (choose any order): trait, gene, genotype, phenotype, and
    alleles. Underline each word as you use it in your explanation. In this explanation, you can treat PTC taste sensitivity
    as a single gene trait. [As mentioned in the video, it may be more complex than a single-gene trait.]

    _____________________A taster would be a genetic attribute since it is carried from parent to child. Two alleles, or

    forms, exist for each gene. For taster, "T," one of them is dominant, while for non-taster, "t," the other is recessive. If

    either TT or Tt is obtained, Taster will be the

    phenotype.___________________________________________________________________

    Amoeba Sisters Video Recap: Alleles and Genes


    8. Deducing a Genotype: If assuming PTC as a simple gene trait,
    what other genotype would you select to put in this missing
    genotype box that could result in this phenotype? Why?

    _________________________________________________

    ____________________TT is crossed with a homozygous recessive if the taster is homozygous dominant. if tt is a


    non-taster, a heterozygous taster, Tt, will result._____________________________

    _________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________
    9. Relevant Scenario: When explaining dominant and
    recessive traits to a younger family member, they respond,
    “Well chances are I can probably taste PTC, since dominant
    traits are more common.” How might you address this
    misconception?

    _________________________________________________

    __________________________The most prevalent qualities are not always the dominant traits. The frequency of the
    allele in the population is what determines everything._______________________

    ____________________________________________________________________________________________

    ___

    ____________________________________________________________________________________________

    ___

    10. Contrast: Many times, students struggle with the difference between the terms allele and gene. How would
    you explain the difference of these two terms in a way that is memorable to you?

    ____________________A gene is a brief segment of DNA that can encode for characteristics. However, an allele is

    a particular class of gene. Traits are expressed by their genes, but how they are expressed depends on an

    individual's allele._________________________________________________________________________

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