Our group started the "Coin Sex" Lab off by looking at different genes in humans, and then proceeded to flip coins, randomly determining these traits, then looking at data tables after multiple coin flips, determining the averages for each possibility, such as the chance of two heterozygous parents having an albino child. Most of the results that our group had matched the amount of possible offspring through the dihybrid cross simulation. Even so, the limit of using probability to predict offspring is quite big, as you are not predicting the exact traits of the child, but possibly millions of different genotypes for a child.
This follows into our main unit, explaining that how even though probability is not exact, genetic variety is created from this, allowing for adaptations to the environment, including disease immunity. These possibilities are furthered even more so when genetic mutation comes into play, allowing for an infinite amount of different genotypes and phenotypes in a single offspring. In fact, the infographic project highlights this by not only having us research variety further, but grading each other's infographics, which allows us to be taught the content even more.
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