Transcript Mr. Men Genetics

GENES
Name: Mr A. Bump
Age: 27
Marital Status: Single
Medical History: 1,247
counts of severe bruising;
896 counts of serious cuts;
513 counts of concussion;
92 counts of bone fracture;
3 short periods in a coma.
Genetic information:
Homozygous recessive for
the co-ordination gene - cc
- found on chromosome
13.
Name: Mr V. Greedy
Age: 23
Marital Status: Single
Medical History: Morbidly
obese since 3 years old.
High blood pressure.
Stomach stapling operation
in 20008.
Genetic information:
Homozyous recessive for
the hunger gene - hh - on
chromosome 8. Mr Greedy
never feels full after eating.
Name: Mr I.M. Forgetful
Age: 32
Marital Status: Single
Medical History: Treated for
pneumonia in January after
forgetting his way home.
Repeat prescription for Ebixa
to treat memory loss.
Genetic information:
Homozygous recessive for
memory formation - mm.
Name: Mr B. Lazy
Age: 30
Marital Status: Single
Medical History: Treated
for severe sun burn in July.
Undergoing tests for
suspected narcolepsy.
Genetic information:
Homozygous recessive for
the activity gene – aa.
Little Miss Helpful
Mm for memory
formation
Little Miss Somersault
Hh for hunger gene
Here come the girls!
Little Miss Neat
Cc for co-ordination
Little Miss Busy
Aa for activeness
These Men and Little Miss’s are destined for happiness.
1. Choose a couple, draw them including
their genotype and phenotype.
2. Draw what their children might look like
and give it a name.
3. If the Little Miss’s are heterozygous for
their partners problematic characteristic,
e.g. Cc for co-ordination, show the
possible gene pairings and chances of
each being seen in their offspring.
4. Your couple have a genetic screening of
their developing embryo and find it to have
the same code as Dad! Create a thought
bubbles of what could be going through
the couples minds.