Traits of our Class

Traits of our Class

Let's compare our looks!

What are traits?

Traits are how your genes are expressed & you get them from your parents.

Sections of your DNA are called genes and there can be different versions of these genes called alleles

Things like eye color & hairline are traits that you received from your parents

Hairline

Widows Peak Hairlines are the dominant trait in the population

Poll

What kind of Hairline do you have?

• Widow's Peak

• Straight

Earlobes

Bet you didn't think your ear lobe was a trait.

If your earlobe is attached to your head, you have the recessive allele.

Poll

What kind of earlobe do you have?

• Attached

• Detached

Other Traits

• Curly Hair

• Freckles

• Rolling your tongue

• Dimples

Poll

Do you have naturally curly hair?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Do you have freckles?

• No

• Yes

Poll

Can you roll your tongue?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Do you have dimples?

• Yes

• No

Now we are going to analyze our data

See the results Miss Thorne shares on this assignment in google classroom and create a visual that represents our classes traits