Using the guiding sentence frames below, create an explanation of what you did and how it connects with genetics. Feel free to paraphrase or create your own sentences as long as you use the specific vocabulary words.

i. I have (trait). It is a (dominant/recessive) trait.

ii. My mom’s phenotype for this trait is _______.

iii. My dad’s phenotype for this trait is________.

iv. These are their genotypes. My dad/mom has a dominant trait so he/she could have (heterozygous/homozygous) alleles.

v. Thinking about my siblings’ phenotypes, these genotypes are (possible/not possible) because…

***You must complete at least two explanations in your notebooks.

***Share one of your explanations with your group of three assigned by the teacher.