BIO LABS
Experiment Genetic Inheritance
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Genetic Inheritance Margaret E. Vorndam, M.S. Version 42-0061-00-01
Lab Report Assistant
This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions, diagrams if needed, and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor.
Data Table 1: Punnett Square for F1 Cross – Expected Genetic Outcomes
F
1 Parent, genes:
(student to fill in the blanks)
alleles > alleles v
F 1 Parent,
genes: (student fill in blank)
Data Table 2: Results of F1 Cross
Observed Phenotypes of F 2
Progeny # green plants = # white plants = Total # plants
Petri Dish 1 >
Petri Dish 2 >
Total
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Data Table 3: Dihybrid Cross in Corn – Results of P Cross
P = purple, p = yellow S = smooth, s = wrinkled (student to fill in all blanks )
Generation Expected Alleles Expected Alleles
P > dominant x recessive
ppss
F 1 Progeny >
Frequency >
Data Table 3A: Punnett Square for F1 Dihybrid Cross
Expected Genotypic Outcomes (student to fill in)
Parent 1 F 1
– can produce these gametes: (student to fill in)
Parent 2 F 1
– can produce these gametes: >
Shaded portion above represents the F2 progeny genotype and phenotype. Student to fill in.
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Data Table 4: Dihybrid Cross in Corn – Results of F1 Cross in F2 Progeny
Phenotype of Progeny
(What they look like – word description)
Genetic Designations possible for this Phenotype
e.g., PPSS
Predicted Allelic Frequency
(Expected Ratio)
Number of Phenotype Counted:
(Observed Number out of 100 counted)
Actual Allelic Frequency
(Observed Ratio)*
Ex: Yellow, wrinkled
ppss, ppss
1÷16= 0.06
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4÷100= 0.04
* Actual Allelic Frequency (Observed Ratio) = Number of Phenotype Counted ÷ 100 total kernels counted
Data Table 5: Χ2 Goodness of Fit Test for F Phenotypic Results from F Corn Cross 2 1
Phenotype Description of F
2 Progeny
from Table 4
Observed Number from Table 4
Observed Ratio from Table 4
Expected Ratio from Table 4
* Expected Number, calculated
** [Observed No. – Exp. No.]2 ÷ Expected No.
e.g., Yellow, wrinkled
Σ Sum of column =
c2, Chi-square value *** >
* Expected Number, calculated = Σ Sum of Observed Number x Expected Ratio for that phenotype
** = (Observed number – Expected number, calculated) square ÷ Expected Number, calculated
*** c2, Chi-square value = Σ Sum of (Observed number – Expected number, calculated) squared ÷ Expected Number, calculated
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Data Table 6: Summarization of c2 Good Fit Results for F Corn Cross
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c2 value from Table 5 =
Value at 3 Degrees of Freedom that is closest to c2 value =
What is the Fit Probability at the top of the column in which the value was found?
What is the % of probability that the observed results match the expected results? (Multiply Fit Probability by 100)
Reading at the top of the Table, this Fit Probability indicates that the expected results hypothesis is a
Good Fit Poor Fit
Circle the correct choice above
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Exercise 1: F1 Hybrid Cross
A. Expected phenotypic ratio of green to white progeny: Calculation of Expected Ratio (Frequency) = = Total Number of (Color) Seedlings ÷ Total of All Seedlings.
B. If 320 F 2
offspring resulted from this F 1
cross, how many would be green?
White?
Discussion
A. Did the results support or refute the hypothesis? Explain.
B. How similar are the observed to the expected results from the Punnett square?
C. If the results are not similar, how might the difference be explained?
D. Will a monohybrid F 1
cross in corn yield the same ratio of expected phenotype in progeny as for the tobacco seedlings? Why or why not?
E. If available, compare your F 2
seedling data to those of your classmates. Are the outcome ratios the same? Why might using a larger number of seedlings to determine this outcome be wise?
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Exercise 2: Dihybrid Genetic Crosses Procedure
1. Based on what you can conclude about its genetic makeup when told that the corn plant parent cross (P) pictured in Figure 2 is between a completely dominant plant and a completely recessive plant,
a. Construct and record a hypothesis about what the genetic makeup and the frequencies of the alleles for the F
1 progeny plants in the dihybrid cross of corn will be. Record your
hypothesis here:
b. If these F 1
progeny are mated, what will be the resulting allelic frequency for the F 2
progeny? Record this hypothesis here:
Results
A. What are the two hypotheses that you made about the allelic frequencies of progeny produced by the crosses:
P x P?
F 1
x F 1 ?
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B. Based on what you know about phenotypes and Figure 2, for the P generation, what is the corn plant genotype on each cob containing the P corn kernels? One is completely dominant, so its genotype is
One is completely recessive, so its genotype is .
C. Would it make a difference in the outcome of this cross if the genotype of one parent is PPss and the other is ppSS?
D. From the phenotype of the kernels on each P generation cob what would the predicted genotype of any F
1 plant be?
E. Given the 2n equation predict how many different genetic outcomes will be possible from an F
1 cross resulting in the F
2 generation in a dihybrid corn cross.
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F. If a F 2
corn cob resulting from this F 1
cross contained 563 seeds, how many of the seeds would you expect to look like the F
1 parent?
Questions
A. How well do the predicted results match the actual results in Table 4?
B. Based on the Punnett Square predictions, can a statement be made as to whether your hypotheses are supported or rejected? Which and why?
C. Dihybrid F
1 crosses result in a predictable F
2 progeny phenotypic frequency that holds true
universally. Based on the Expected outcome, what is it?
D. If your results are not as expected why might there be differences?
E. What applications might this type of genetic investigation have? How might the information be applied medically?
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Exercise 3: Chi-square and Hypothesis Testing Questions
A. What can be concluded about your prediction of expected F 2
progeny phenotypic outcome from the F
1 cross? Was it close to the observed outcome?
B. How might the c2 test for fitness be used in other ways? Try it on the tobacco seedling F cross, for instance.
C. In a typical cross where a parent with a completely dominant trait is mated with a parent exhibiting a completely recessive trait, what is the expected genotypic outcome and allelic frequency for the F
1 progeny?
Give an example.
D. In a typical cross where hybrid F
1 parents are mated, what is the expected genotypic outcome
and allelic frequency of the F 2
progeny?
Give an example.
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E. For the F 2
progeny produced from a typical F 1
hybrid mating, how many totally recessive individuals would be produced if the progeny total population is six offspring?
What if the progeny population was 20?
50?
1,000?
F. Excluding factors such as sex-linked genes, incomplete dominance or epistasis, etc., will the above cross results vary if different organisms are used, such as dogs or tulips? Why or why not?
G. How will factors such as sex-linked genes, incomplete dominance, or epistasis, etc., affect the expected outcomes that were investigated above?