Reference no: EM131189192

 

Genetic Inheritance

 

Margaret E. Vorndam, M.S. Version 42-0061-00-01

 

LAB REPORT ASSISTANT                    

 

This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment's questions, diagrams if needed, and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students' writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor.

 

 

Data Table 1: Punnett Square for F1 Cross - Expected Genetic Outcomes
		F1 Parent, genes: (student to fill in the blanks)
	alleles > alleles v
F1          Parent, g en es : __________ (student fill in blank)

 

 

 

Data Table 2: Results of F1 Cross
Observed Phenotypes of F2 Progeny
	# green plants =	# white plants =	Total # plants
Petri Dish 1 >
Petri Dish 2 >
Total

 

 

Data Table 3: Dihybrid Cross in Corn - Results of P Cross
P = purple, p = yellow S = smooth, s = wrinkled (student to fill in all blanks       )
Generation	Expected Alleles	Expected Alleles
P > dominant x recessive		_ppss_
F1 Progeny >
Frequency >

 

 

 

Data Table 3A: Punnett Square for F1 Dihybrid Cross
Expected Genotypic Outcomes (student to fill in)
	Parent 1 F1 - can produce these gametes:         (student to fill in)
Parent 2 F1 - can produce these gametes: >
		Shaded portion above represents the F2 progeny genotype and phenotype. Student to fill in.

 

Data Table 4: Dihybrid Cross in Corn - Results of F1 Cross in F2 Progeny
Phenotype of Progeny (What they look like - word description)	Genetic Designations possible for this Phenotype e.g., PPSS	Predicted Allelic Frequency (Expected Ratio)	Number of this Phenotype Total Counted: 100 (Observed Number)	Actual Allelic Frequency (Observed Ratio)*
e.g., Yellow, wrinkled	ppss
* Actual Allelic Frequency (Observed Ratio) = Number of this Phenotype Total Counted ¸ 100 kernels total counted

 

 

Data Table 5: Χ2 Goodness of Fit Test for F Phenotypic Results from F Corn Cross
Phenotype Description of F2 Progeny from Table 4	Observed Number from Table 4	Observed Ratio from Table 4	Expected Ratio from Table 4	* Expected Number, calculated	** [Observed No. - Exp. No.]2 ÷ Expected No.
e.g., Yellow, wrinkled
Σ Sum of column =				c2, Chi-square value *** >

 

* Expected Number, calculated = Σ Sum of Observed Number x Expected Ratio for that phenotype
** = (Observed number - Expected number, calculated) square ÷ Expected Number, calculated

 

*** c², Chi-square value = Σ Sum of (Observed number - Expected number, calculated) squared ÷ Expected Number, calculated

 

 

Data Table 6: Summarization of c2 Good Fit Results for F Corn Cross
c2 value from Table 5 =
Value at 3 Degrees of Freedom that is closest to c2 value =
What is the Fit Probability at the top of the column in which the value was found?
What is the % of probability that the observed results match the expected results? (Multiply Fit Probability by 100)
Reading at the top of the Table, this Fit Probability indicates that the expected results hypothesis is a	Good Fit     Poor Fit
	Circle the correct choice above

 

 

Exercise 1: F₁ Hybrid Cross

 

A. Expected phenotypic ratio of green to white progeny:         Calculation of Expected Ratio

 

(Frequency) =      = Total Number of (Color) Seedlings ÷ Total of All Seedlings.

 

B. If 320 F₂ offspring resulted from this F₁ cross, how many would be green?

 

White?

 

DISCUSSION                                             

 

A. Did the results support or refute the hypothesis? Explain.

 

B. How similar are the observed to the expected results from the Punnett Square?

 

C. If the results are not similar, how might the difference be explained?

 

D. Will a monohybrid F₁ cross in corn yield the same ratio of expected phenotype in progeny as for the tobacco seedlings? Why or why not?

E. If available, compare your F₂ seedling data to those of your classmates. Are the outcome ratios the same? Why might using a larger number of seedlings to determine this outcome be wise?

 

Exercise 2: Dihybrid Genetic Crosses

 

PROCEDURE                                           

 

1. Based on what you can conclude about its genetic makeup when told that the corn plant parent cross (P) pictured in Figure 2 is between a completely dominant plant and a completely recessive plant,

 

a. Construct and record a hypothesis about what the genetic makeup and the frequencies of the alleles for the F₁ progeny plants in the dihybrid cross of corn will be. Record your hypothesis here:

 

b. If these F₁ progeny are mated, what will be the resulting allelic frequency for the F₂ progeny? Record this hypothesis here:

 

RESULTS                                              

 

A. What are the two hypotheses that you made about the allelic frequencies of progeny produced by the crosses:

 

P x P?

 

F1 x F1?

B. Based on what you know about phenotypes and Figure 2, for the P generation, what is the corn plant genotype on each cob containing the P corn kernels? One is completely dominant, so its genotype is   

 

 

One is completely recessive, so its genotype is.

 

C. Would it make a difference in the outcome of this cross if the genotype of one parent is PPss and the other is ppSS?

 

D. From the phenotype of the kernels on each P generation cob what would the predicted genotype of any F₁ plant be?

 

E. Given the 2n equation predict how many different genetic outcomes will be possible from an

 

F1 cross resulting in the F₂ generation in a dihybrid corn cross.

F. If a F₂ corn cob resulting from this F₁ cross contained 563 seeds, how many of the seeds would you expect to look like the F₁ parent?

 

QUESTIONS                                            

 

A. How well do the predicted results match the actual results in Table 4?

 

B. Based on the Punnett Square predictions, can a statement be made as to whether your hypotheses are supported or rejected? Which and why?

 

C. Dihybrid F₁ crosses result in a predictable F₂ progeny phenotypic frequency that holds true universally. Based on the Expected outcome, what is it?

 

D. If your results are not as expected why might there be differences?

 

E. What applications might this type of genetic investigation have? How might the information be applied medically?

Exercise 3: Chi-square and Hypothesis Testing

 

QUESTIONS                                            

 

A. What can be concluded about your prediction of expected F₂ progeny phenotypic outcome from the F₁ cross? Was it close to the observed outcome?

 

B. How might the c² test for fitness be used in other ways? Try it on the tobacco seedling F cross, for instance.

 

C. In a typical cross where a parent with a completely dominant trait is mated with a parent exhibiting a completely recessive trait, what is the expected genotypic outcome and allelic frequency for the F₁ progeny?

 

Give an example.

 

D. In a typical cross where hybrid F₁ parents are mated, what is the expected genotypic outcome and allelic frequency of the F₂ progeny?

 

Give an example.

E. For the F₂ progeny produced from a typical F₁ hybrid mating, how many totally recessive individuals would be produced if the progeny total population is six offspring?

 

What if the progeny population was 20?

 

50?

 

1,000?

 

F. Excluding factors such as sex-linked genes, incomplete dominance or epistasis, etc., will the above cross results vary if different organisms are used, such as dogs or tulips? Why or why not?

 

G. How will factors such as sex-linked genes, incomplete dominance, or epistasis, etc., affect the expected outcomes that were investigated above?