Coin Sex Lab Relate and Review

In this lab, we flipped some coins to determine the traits that a child could have by probability. We tested for sex of offspring that included getting heterozygous and homozygous combinations, autosomal dominance, x linked recessive to find x linked inheritance, and dihybrid crosses to find possibilities for traits that can be made from each genotype. The coins served as a model for genetics by the way it was demonstrated. The coins are the Genes and the coin flipping in the air is meiosis or gene segregation to create alleles. Meiosis from the coin flip created recombinations of crosses of genes to create phenotypes. In the dihybrid cross simulation, the expected results for this simulation was that out of 16 individuals, 4 individuals would have brown hair, brown eyes, 4 individuals would have brown hair blue eyes, 4 individuals would have blonde hair, brown eyes, and 4 individual would have blonde hair. As a result, 12 people would have brown hair, brown eyes, 2 people have brown hair, blue eyes, 1 will have blonde hair, brown eyes and 1 will have blonde hair, blue eyes. These results reflect on how probability can be affected. The results that can be obtained using probability is that probability is mostly not accurate comparing to results that should be expected to get. The limits of using probability for predicting our offspring's traits is that we would not know what kind of possibilities to expect when genotypes cross to form phenotypes. It also would affect our knowledge of punnett squares and how they are used for predicting offsprings. This helps me understand how sex works when it comes to predicting offsprings and traits. With this knowledge, I can use it to tell what kind of person I am. I can figure out what kind of traits I would have right now and tell what kind of offspring I got these traits from.