Monster Genetic and Heredity Project

By: Mrs. Watson

Use the following slide of monster parts to create a your monster family. Copy and paste monster design into slide 4 and 5 like the example shown below.

Monster Parts:COPY and paste into slides

Body:

Eyes:

Spots:

The following table will be a guide for determining the selected parents’ genotypes. Once parents have been crossed in the Punnett squares and the genotypes of the offspring have been determined, use this same data table to determine the phenotypes of the offspring.

Gender Allele GenotypeMALE Y XYFEMALE X XX

Hoof Color Allele GenotypeBLACK L LL/Lb/LrDARK BROWN

LN or NL

BROWN n or N NN/nn/NrNb

LIGHT BROWN

bn / nb

WHITE b bbLIGHT GREY br or rb Dark GREY r rr

Eye Number: Allele Genotype

THREE F FF or Fa

TWO FA or F

ONE a or A Aa/ AA/ aa

Eye Color Allele GenotypeBLACK L LL / Lb/ LgBROWN LB or BLYELLOW BG or GBAMBER B BB/ Bb/ BgBLUE GREEN

bg

GREEN g or G GG/ gg/ GbBLUE b bb

Freckles Allele Genotype

MANY F FFor FnFEW FN or NFNONE n or N nn /NN//Nn

Spot Size Allele GenotypeLARGE R RR or RnSMALL RN or NRNONE n or N NN or nn

Arm Type Allele GenotypeSNAKE S SS or So½ SNAKE ½ OCTOPUS

SO

OCTOPUS o or O oo or OO

Spot Color Allele GenotypeBLACK H HH/Hh/HtGREY HT or THWHITE t or T TT/ tt/ Th

Horn Type Allele GenotypeCURLY R RR or RgARCHED RG / GRSTRAIGHT g or G gg/ GG

Skin Color Allele GenotypeRED R RR or RgRED-BLUE BR or RBBLUE B BB or BgBLUE-GREEN

BG or GB

GREEN G or g gg/ Gg

Table 1: Mother’s Traits and Alleles

Mother’s Name: Linda

Table 2: Father’s Traits and Alleles

Father’s Name:George

Gender:Phenotype Genotype Chance %

Male XX 2 /4 50

Female XY 2 /4 50

Father’s Genes X Y

X

X

XX XY

XX XY

Mot

her’s

Gen

es

Skin Color:Phenotype Genotype Chance %

Red Rg 2 /4 50

Blue - Green BG 1/4 25

Blue Bg 1/4 25

/4

Father’s Genes gg gg

R

B

Rg Rg

BG Bg

Mot

her’s

Gen

es

Hoof Color: Father’s Genes

r r

L

N

Lr Lr

Nr Nr

Mot

her’s

Gen

es

Horn Type:Phenotype Genotype Chance %

Curly RR 4/4 100

/4

/4

/4

Father’s Genes R R

R

R

RR RR

RR RR

Mot

her’s

Gen

esPhenotype Genotype Chance %

Black Lr 2 /4 50

Brown Nr 2 /4 50

/4

/4

Eye Number: Father’s Genes

a a

F

F

Fa Fa

Fa Fa

Mot

her’s

Gen

es

Eye Color:Phenotype Genotype Chance %

Amber Bb 2 /4 50

Green Gb 2 /4 50

/4

/4

Father’s Genes b b

B

G

Bb Bb

Gb Gb

Mot

her’s

Gen

esPhenotype Genotype Chance %

Three Fa 4/4 100

/4

/4

/4

Freckles: Father’s Genes

n n

F

F

Fn Fn

Fn Fn

Mot

her’s

Gen

es

Spot Size:Phenotype Genotype Chance %

Large RR 2/4 50

Small RN 2 /4 50

/4

/4

Father’s Genes R N

R

R

RR RN

RR RN

Mot

her’s

Gen

esPhenotype Genotype Chance %

Many Fn 4 /4 100

/4

/4

/4

Spot Color: Father’s Genes

H H

H

T

HH HH

HT HT

Mot

her’s

Gen

es

Arm Type:Phenotype Genotype Chance %

Snake So 2/4 50

Octopus Oo 2 /4 50

/4

/4

Father’s Genes o o

S

O

So So

Oo Oo

Mot

her’s

Gen

esPhenotype Genotype Chance %

Black HH 2 /4 50

Grey HT 2 /4 50

/4

/4

Now that you have finished crossing the genotypes of your selected parent you can see what genotypes are available for each offspring to inherit. Each punnett square box has an associated number as show below. Follow the directions given by Mrs. Watson to play the game that will determine which genotypes the offspring created will inherit.

1 2

3 4

Name: Frank

Name:Claire

Monster Parts:COPY and paste into slides

Body:

Eyes:

Spots: