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Pedigree Lesson

Pedigree Lesson

Assessment

Presentation

Science

7th - 9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS3-1, MS-PS3-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Angalel Dixon

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14 Slides • 23 Questions

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Pedigree Lesson

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Open Ended

What goals do you have for the remainder of Q3?

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Poll

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NCFE Question of the day

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Multiple Choice

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How many females are in this pedigree?
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3
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4
3
6
4
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Multiple Choice

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How many people in this whole pedigree have the trait/disease?
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2
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3
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4
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Multiple Choice

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In the second generation-how many people are carriers of the trait?
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2
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5
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Multiple Choice

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What does an open circle represent?
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Not Affected Male
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Not Affected Female
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Affected Male
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Affected Female

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Multiple Choice

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What do half colored symbols represent?
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The individual is a carrier (heterozygous).
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The individual expresses the trait.
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The individual has both recessive alleles.
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The individual has both dominant alleles.

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Multiple Choice

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This pedigree represents the inheritance of hemophilia in this family. How many of the females have the hemophilia trait?
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8
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5
3
2
4
3

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Multiple Choice

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How many kids did the mother and father from the first generation have?
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2
2
4
3
5
4
6

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Multiple Choice

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How many generations are shown in this pedigree?
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1
2
2
3
3
4
4

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Multiple Choice

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What does a filled in square represent?
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Not affected Female
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Not affected Male
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Affected Male
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Affected Female

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Multiple Choice

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What is the mode of inheritance shown here?
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Autosomal Recessive
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Autosomal Dominant
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Sex Linked

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Multiple Choice

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What is the mode of inheritance shown here?
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Autosomal Dominant
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Sex Linked
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Autosomal Recessive

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Multiple Choice

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What is the mode of inheritance shown here?
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Autosomal Recessive
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Autosomal Dominant
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Sex Linked

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Multiple Choice

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What is the mode of inheritance shown here?
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Autosomal Recessive
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Sex Linked
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Autosomal Dominant

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Multiple Choice

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What is the mode of inheritance shown here?
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Sex Linked
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Autosomal Dominant
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Autosomal Recessive

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Multiple Choice

What would the genotype be of a colorblind male?

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XNY

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XNYn

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XnY

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XnYn

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Multiple Choice

Males can be heterozygous for sex-linked traits.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?
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XHXh
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XhXh
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XHXH
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XhY

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Multiple Choice

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If a gene is found only on the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome, it is said to be 
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sex-linked trait
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polygenic trait
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codominant trait
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incomplete dominance trait

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Multiple Choice

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Why are men 16 times more likely to be color-blind than women?
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to be color-blind, you must have a Y chromosome
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to be color-blind, all of your X chromosomes must have the gene
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color-blindness is caused by testosterone
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color-blindness is caused by the same gene as baldness

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Multiple Choice

Males are more likely to suffer from a sex-linked disease or disorder because
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males are the weaker sex
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males have less DNA
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males have 1 X chromosome, so the disorder is more likely to be expressed

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Multiple Choice

Why is the gene for a disease or disorder more likely to be found on the X chromosome than Y?
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The X chromosome has many more genes
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The Y chromosome has many more genes

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