Reebops: Monohybrid Traits

To learn more about genetics, I conducted an experiment using Reebops to model how genetics is transferred from parents to offspring. At the beginning of my experiment I conducted four hypotheses, one for each of my four crosses. I had two monohybrid crosses and two dihybrid crosses. My first monohybrid cross hypothesis, was the antenna trait being studied is autosomal and undergoes independent assortment. My second monohybrid cross hypothesis, was the body segment trait being studied is autosomal and undergoes independent assortment. My first dihybrid cross hypothesis, was the tail and ear traits being studied are both autosomal and undergo independent assortment. My second dihybrid cross hypothesis, was the leg and eye traits being studied are autosomal and undergo independent assortment. …show more content…
From our Reebop lab experiments, I learned how to properly cross the monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. I also learned from those experiments how to determine if a trait is autosomal or sex-linked, based off their phenotypic ratios. If the phenotype shows a 3:1 ratio then the trait is autosomal, and if the phenotype shows a 1:1 ratio then the trait is sex-linked. I also learned from the Reebop lab experiments, that independent assortment occurs in all the crosses. From the data given, I first assumed that all the parent Reebop (P1) traits were autosomal and homozygous. I am conducting this experiment to broaden my knowledge on genetics as a student at Purdue University. I am also conducting this experiment to further my knowledge in biology, so in the future I will be able to teach a more simplified version of genetics to my elementary grade level