Our class of nine students completed the survey and learned a lot. One
student found out he was color blind. We followed up with a visit to the
school nurse. We did not complete the second survey on colorblind family
members as this class has a hard time remembering to complete homework
assignments. The most important thing we learned in this project was there
are so many traits we have that we did not realize were inherited. We also
realize due to the racial make up of our class and the small sample of
the population that we are probably not a representative sample. There
are nine members of the class-- 8 are male and one is female. Six are African
American, two are white, and one is Asian American. We found that out of
six traits, the majority of our class had four recessive tratis. We also
had one trait in which we were one hundred percent recessive-- the white
forelock. The majority of the class had the dominant traits of free ear
lobes and the straight pinky. The highest percentage for a dominant trait
was 89% and the lowest was 0%. Our class does not appear to be reflective
of dominant traits in the general population. We learned that the diverse
mix of our small sample helped us learn about a variety of inherited traits
and how we are alike and different.
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