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Inheritance Patterns - Genetics - Senior Biology
Trinity Lutheran College

2012
Inheritance Patterns
Extended Experimental Investigation
Scott Zimmerman

The Abstract:

Contents The Task 5 Timeline 5 Experimental Design 6 Introduction 9 Preliminary Hypothesis Justification 9 Planning 10 Gantt chart 10 Variables 11 Dependant - Genotypes 11 Phenotypes 12 Independent 12 Inheritance Patterns 12 Constant 13 Sunlight 13 Water 14 Soil 15 Families & Generations 16 Peas 16 Barley 17 Materials 18 Risk Assessment Forum 19 Method 21 Results: - Barley 22 Peas 23 Year 12 Biology Cohort Collective Result 25 Collective Graphs - Peas 26 Barley 27 Spectrometer – Peas 28 Barley 29 Analysis, Discussion and Interpretation of Data 30 Conclusion 32 Evaluation 32 Appendices 33 1 33 2 33 Glossary 34 Bibliography 35

The Task

We will be provided with 30 Barley and 15 Pea seeds, some of which have mutations causing defective chlorophyll. We need to investigate the effect of the mutation on the plants and then determine the type of inheritance pattern shown in each case.
The seeds need to be germinated and then grown for a length of time sufficient to determine and measure the effect of the mutations on the plant phenotypes. By measuring various characteristics of the growth rates of the germinated seeds, as well as performing experiments to determine the relative amounts of chlorophyll present, we should be able to scientifically describe the effects of the different mutations. Using the total number of the different phenotypes from our class results, we need to determine the type of inheritance pattern that the mutations show.

Timeline
Issue date: March 28th
Seedling Germination: April 6th
Draft of report submission: May 14th
Submission of topic: May 21st
Final report, and logbook submitted (up to 2500 words)

Experimental Design

Aim: State your hypothesis from the Hypothesis W/S (“If..then..”statement)
Each



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