Gregor Mendel

The results of the statistical comparison of genetic variability between the wild and founding population suggests that because the assumption figure is less than 0.5 (see table 2) the null hypothesis could not be dismissed. This meant that there is was no difference between the wild and founding population’s genetic variability. In relation to conservation biology, this finding is rather optimistic. Due to the fact that the two populations genetic variability is close to one-another allows for…

The concept of “blending” as championed by such scholars as Aristotle and Hippocrates states that any trait that an offspring receives is the average of both of its parents. This concept was widely believed until Mendel’s experiments. Incomplete dominance occurs when the heterozygous phenotype is an intermediate between both of the homozygous genotypes. This concept is demonstrated best through the inheritance of petal color in a snapdragon. In a heterozygote the phenotype would be pink, a mix…

Examining the inheritance patterns of genes of Drosophila melanogaster controlling some traits of eye color, body color, and wing shape by analyzing dihybrid crosses Csilla SzepeIntroduction Our report will describe the experiment of three dihybrid crosses where we would like to understand if certain traits of Drosophila melanogaster follow the pattern of autosomal, unlinked inheritance. The subject of our experiment is the fruit fly because it has a short, two week long life-cycle that allows…

Once Upon a Dime: A Math Adventure is a tale targeted towards elementary grades, to teach about the value of money. The story is told by a boy, whose name was never revealed, who enjoys working on a farm with his neighbor, Truman Worth. One day, Mr. Worth notices a sprout growing in an unusual spot. He makes his own organic fertilizer, and decides to use it to help the sprout grow. By the next season, they notices that pennies are growing from the plant. Overjoyed, they decide to continue using…

1. Objective The objective of this lab is to test whether the dominant phenotype in flies is actually straight wings red-eyed using data stimulated from the FlyLab software. Hypothesis The mode of inheritance in flies is that red eyed, straight winged flies are the wildtype characteristics that are autosomal dominant and white-eyed, vestigial wings are the mutated characteristics. 2. Methods a. Performed a cross between a red-eyed straight winged female fly and a white-eyed, vestigial winged…

Joseline Jacamo To the Bitter End: A Case Examining the Genetics of PTC Sensitivity First part : Questions 1. What L.H Snyder is inferred by using “Mendelian marker” is to convey that all Mendelian traits which is inherited from the parent and pass down to its offspring can be utilized as a maker. 2. Some question that Dr. Snyder could ask is “How would you know if PTC is an inherited trait?. In addition, “How are you going to test if PTC is an inherited trait or not?. Also, if “PTC tasting is…

4.1 The GABC Approach for Image Segmentation The GABC is the Genetic Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm. The proposed algorithm is the implementation of ABC algorithm with the key concept of GA technique.The GABC is actually the hybrid approach of Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and the Genetic Algorithm.In this method we extend Genetic Algorithm with Artificial Bee Colony operators i:e Employed Bees and Onlooker Bees to improve the solution space named as Genetic Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm…

The Kensington Rune Stone: Real or fake? The story of the Kensington Rune stone began in 1898 after Olof Ohman, a Swedish farmer, discovered a rectangle stone when he was working on his farm near Kensington, Minnesota with his son. According to Barclay, Shelly. "The Kensington Runestone." N.p.,n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2010, Olof Ohman reported that the stone, which weighs 202 pounds and has thirty-one inches tall, sixteen inches wide, six inches thick, and it was unearthed under the roof of the tree.…

Dr. Harvey Wiley is known as the pioneer of consumer activism. He was the first at the Food and Drug Administration, where he became known as the "Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act". Wiley was born in 1844 on a frontier farm in Indiana. He spent his adolescence years planting and harvesting crops. His father was a humble school teacher who believed that all children should have basic education. He was one of the few in his family to go to college. He excelled in medicine and received a…

ABSTRACT In this experiment we set up crosses between mutant and wildtype flies in order to find similarities to Mendel’s work with pea plants. We did this by placing females in vials with males and waiting one week. After one week we obtained the second generation and were able to observe the different phenotypes that resulted from the cross. We were able to count each phenotype under a microscope and record the number of each type. We used this data to calculate the chi square value, which…