Biology Mutation and Variation Worksheet

Inheritance and Mutation

Name: Diana Chavez Date: 2-9-17 Period: 1

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/

Go to the website above and begin by looking at the section on ​inheritance. ​Use the
information in that section to answer the following questions.
Part One-- Watch the video
Explain why you have only ¼ of each of your biological grandparents genes in your
own individual chromosomes.

The reason why we have gene from our grandparents is because we are relative to
them, but we also get new genes.

Tell me why siblings (brothers and/or sisters) do not have exactly the same genes even
if they have the same biological parents.
Part Two: Sources of Variation
Changing conditions may encourage different gene variations to be more or less
successful. Tell me at least three ways in which environmental conditions may
change.

The environment in the ocean can change by temperature or the amount of water.

The environment in the jungle can change based on the amount of rainfall and the
amount of animals that share the environment.

The environment in the desert can change from the temperature and the amount of
rainfall they get.
Look at the image of ​Living Things ​and click on Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction.
Complete the chart below.

Who Reproduces How?

Organism Sexual Only Both Asexual Only
Coast redwood Coast Redwood
Salmonella Salmonella
Grizzly Bear Grizzly Bear
Volvox (algae) Volvox
Sand Scorpion Sand Scorpion
Strawberry Strawberry
Saguaro Cactus Saguaro Cactus
Brittle Star Brittle Star
Yeast Yeast
Whiptail Lizard Whiptail Lizard

Part Three--Patterns of Inheritance

Explain why single genes control very little in regards to our inherited traits.

However, most of the time even supposed "single-gene" traits are influenced by
multiple genes, as in the case of eye color.

Part Four--Sex Chromosomes

Explain why some traits are only inherited by men.

Males, however, have one X and one Y chromosome. For genes that appear only on
the X chromosome or only on the Y (some do appear on both), males inherit just one
copy.
Why do we say that the sex genes ( X and Y) do not always determine if an organism
is biologically male or female?

It's not quite accurate to say that everyone inherits two copies of every gene. In most
mammals, the X and Y sex chromosomes determine whether an individual is male or
female.