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Genetics with a Smile 6

Questions:

1. Which smiley face has the most dominant traits? _____________________ How

many? ______ traits

2. Which smiley face has the most recessive traits? _____________________ How

many? ______ traits

3. Which traits were a result of incomplete dominance?

4. What is the probability that a smiley face will have a green face? _____ out of _____

or ____ %

5. How many smiley faces have a green face, which is a recessive trait? _____ out of

_____ or ____ %

6. How does your predicted probability for a green face (#5) compare to the actual

results (#6)? Explain your answer.

7. What is the probability that a smiley face will have an orange nose? _____ out of

_____ or ____ %

8. How many smiley faces have an orange nose? _____ out of _____ or ____ %

9. How does your predicted probability for an orange nose (#7) compare to the actual

results (#8)? Explain your answer.

10. Why did you only need to flip the male parent coin to determine the sex of your

smiley face?

An adaptation of an activity by T. Trimpe

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