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Week 6





 

  1. What did you learn this week?
This week in lecture, we learned about how traits are determined by genetics and environmental factors, genetics are patterns with the way information is stored, expressed, and passed on. We also learned about alleles. I remember learning about them in high school but needed the refresher. Alleles are found at the same location on chromosomes and are encoded for varying specific traits. There are 2 types of alleles, homozygous - 2 alleles that are the same, and heterozygous- 2 alleles that are different. 
  1. Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew?
Yes, when we learned about how traits are determined, it reminded me of the genes charts that I did in high school where we desribed the different between a ressesive trait and a dominiant trait to see the liekly hood of that child receving which specific traits. Genes can be anwhere from a few pairs to thoundands of base pairs long, and each gene determines a specifc characteristic or trait, for example, eye color, hair color, height, and more. 
  1. What are new or remaining questions? 
If the parents of a child both have brown eyes, how can the child end up having blue eyes? Isn't the probability extremly low? How to traits work between generations? 

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