Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Mendel's Pea Plant Experiment

In DLC today, Ms. Leland gave us a website that contained a simulation of the steps that Gregor Mendel went through to determine the traits that are passed through genetics in pea plants. These are my findings.

Traits
In a pea plant there are 7 different traits: pea shape, pea color, pod shape, pod color, flower color, plant size, flower position.

Parent 1: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-white, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Parent 2: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-yellow, flower color-white, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 1: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-white, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 2: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-yellow, flower color-white, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 3: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-yellow, flower color-white, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 4: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-white, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 5: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-white, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Cross with self
Parent 1: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 1: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 2: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 3: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-tall, flower position-axial.

Offspring 4: Pea shape-smooth, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-small, flower position-terminal.

Offspring 5: Pea shape-wrinkled, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-tall, flower position-terminal.

Parent 1: Pea shape-wrinkled, pea color-yellow, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-small, flower position-axial.

Offspring 1: Pea shape-wrinkled, pea color-yellow, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-small, flower position-axial.

Offspring 2: Pea shape-wrinkled, pea color-green, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-small, flower position-axial.

Offspring 3: Pea shape-wrinkled, pea color-yellow, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-white, plant size-small, flower position-axial.

Offspring 4: Pea shape-wrinkled, pea color-yellow, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-purple, plant size-small, flower position-axial.

Offspring 5: Pea shape-wrinkled, pea color-yellow, pod shape-smooth, pod color-green, flower color-white, plant size-small, flower position-axial.

Crossing two plants with wrinkled peas will create plants that have wrinkled peas.

Dominant and Recessive Traits
Dominant Traits:
Flower color-purple
Pea shape-round (Smooth)
Pea color-yellow
Pod shape- Inflated (Smooth)
Pod color-green
Plant size-tall
Flower position- axial

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