Murder Mystery
This project was to help us learn about genetics and how we can match fingerprints and blood types to a certain person. We started by testing the victims seeing if their blood clumped to see what blood type they are. We also did a fingerprinting activity and karyotyping to see which pen was used on the crime scene. The overall goal of this unit was to find out the murderer in the murder mystery which turned out to be Nancy Normal we believe. All of the evidence leads back to her killing Thomas Sandstone aka Carelton Comet.
Content
Gene- sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait
Segregation- separation of alleles during gamete formation
Probability-likelyhood that a particular event will occur
Homozygous- term used to refer to an organism that has two alleles for a particular trait
Heterozygous- term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for the same trait
Genetic Mutation- 3 types: point, frameshift, and chromosomal. This can happen at any point in your life and can be passed down by genetics
pedigree- A table showing all of the people in your family showing which person has a disease and if you are susceptible to that disease
inheritance- The possibility of you inheriting a disease through your genetics
Genotype- genetic makeup of an organism
Phenotype- physical characteristics of an organism
Polygenetic trait- trait controlled by two or more genes
Dominant- Most important, powerful
Co-dominant- a form of dominance in which the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed
Incomplete Dominance- situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another
Recessive- heritable characteristics controlled by genes inherited by both parents
Alleles- one of a number of different forms of a gene
Segregation- separation of alleles during gamete formation
Probability-likelyhood that a particular event will occur
Homozygous- term used to refer to an organism that has two alleles for a particular trait
Heterozygous- term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for the same trait
Genetic Mutation- 3 types: point, frameshift, and chromosomal. This can happen at any point in your life and can be passed down by genetics
pedigree- A table showing all of the people in your family showing which person has a disease and if you are susceptible to that disease
inheritance- The possibility of you inheriting a disease through your genetics
Genotype- genetic makeup of an organism
Phenotype- physical characteristics of an organism
Polygenetic trait- trait controlled by two or more genes
Dominant- Most important, powerful
Co-dominant- a form of dominance in which the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed
Incomplete Dominance- situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another
Recessive- heritable characteristics controlled by genes inherited by both parents
Alleles- one of a number of different forms of a gene
Reflection
This was by far the most fun project we have done all school year. We got to put ourselves in the shoes of real detectives to find out who murdered Carelton Comet. We used many different types of investigations to collect evidence in order to get a search warrant. I believe that this project went very well and everyone had a lot of fun doing it. I learned a lot from this one project. I feel that it helped me really understand genetics and how we can figure out if you carry a genetic disorder. I also learned how to be a detective. One thing that maybe my group could have worked on was spreading the work evenly throughout the whole group. Overall this project was a huge success .