Beginning - Easy to perform; requires little or no prior knowledge. For up to 32 students working in pairs. This is an introductory genetics activity for a beginning high school or middle school biology course. Students study the inheritance of grain color using ears of corn. Each grain is the F2 of a cross between a homozygous red corn and a homozygous white corn.
Covers the basics of Mendelian genetics including the inheritance of a single pair of alleles, one of which is dominant and the other recessive. Students score the phenotypes of the F2 and compare their data to their predictions.
Kit Includes:
- 16 Segregating Ears(Red:White)
- 16 Monohybrid Corn Parental Cross Cards
- 6 Transparency markers
- Storage Box
- Teachers Manual