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Dragon Genetics - Understanding Inheritance

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Six pages begin with a detailed introduction to meiosis and homologous chromosome pairs. Instructions guide learners through a simulation in which they draw craft sticks marked with autosomes in order to decode the genes inherited by a baby dragon.

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Concepts

dominant traits, dominance, alleles, genetics, genotypes, meiosis, phenotypes, recessive traits, inheritance

Additional Tags

epistasis, genetics, genotype, inheritance, meiosis, dominant, phenotype, recessive, allele, law of independent assortment, mendel's law of segregation, x chromosome, y chromosome, sex-linked trait, science

Pros

An organized chart is provided, along with critical thinking questions and a partially drawn dragon on which learners add the inherited traits
Provides a teacher preparation guide
Engaging for even the most reluctant science class members

Cons

None

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