L6 - Chromosomes & Traits

L6 - From Chromosome to Trait

Part 1 - Closer Look at Chromosomes

Cell Scale Simulation [Link] Links to an external site.
- Scale Simulation [Alternate site - Link] Links to an external site.
Chromosome Detail Slides Links to an external site.

Part 2 - Chromosomes in Cow Families

Part 3 - Cause Model

Part 4 - Correlation or Causation

Reading: Function of the Myostatin Protein Links to an external site.
Reading: New Protein Linked to the Heavily Muscled Phenotype Links to an external site.

Progress Tracker

Lesson Question (What are we trying to find out?)

What did we do?
(Briefly summarize the activities)

What did we figure out? -- How can we represent this? (Show what you figured out about the question or Genetics/Muscles. What can you add to the model?)

L6: How do chromosomes cause cattle to be born with extra-big muscles?

Expanded cow families (with Myostatin and chromosomes
Cause model
Myostatin reading

Complete a cause and effect statement to summarize the relationship between the myostatin protein and the heavily muscled cows

- When _[change]_, we/they observed _[effect on the system]_because_ [reason the change results in the effect].

- Include the new terms & ideas from the lesson: gene, allele, receptor, myostatin (partial & complete)

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