Thursday, September 18, 2008

Dragon Genetics and Punnett Square Probabilities







The Dragon simulator showed me how to manipulate the alleles, (genotypes) of two Parent Dragons *which means basically I got to mess around with the DNA gene material that came from the Father and Mother Dragon to combine in some way that would give Baby Leonard Dragon his distinct characteristics. As I manipulated the alleles, I was causing changes to the baby Dragons appearance (phenotype).













The Punnett Square can use "Probability" to give a percentage (%) of chance as to a certain genotype being present in offspring. The Punnett Simulator gave me fruit flies to work with.
With the DNA genetic information/homozygousLL and a heterozygousLI the probability is 50% for either the homo or the hetero all offspring will be long winged from these two geno-pools.
The Punnett Probability comes from a square diagram with all of the possibilities in boxes and accounted for.
It would look like this:LL/LL and LI/LI

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