Q: 1. Good job! Meet your first dragon. Describe its features in the box below. A: The dragon is yellow and has no legs. The dragon appears to have ears or horns. Q: 2. Quite a variety of dragons here! Dragons apparently come in many different colors. What OTHER differences do you notice? A: Some dragons have legs. Some have curled up tails. Others can breath fire. Some just have a pair of legs. Q: 3. What do you think causes the different physical characteristics of these dragons? A: What I think causes physical differences between the dragons is how their DNA genes are arranged differently. Q: 3. What do you think causes the different physical characteristics of these dragons? A: What I think causes physical differences between the dragons is how their DNA genes are arranged differently. …show more content…
So, what is the difference between the chromosomes of male and female dragons? Remember to click on a dragon to show its chromosomes! A: Q: 4. So, what is the difference between the chromosomes of male and female dragons? Remember to click on a dragon to show its chromosomes! A: The difference is that the female dragon has an X chromosome while the male has a Y chromosome. Q: 5. How many pairs of chromosomes do dragons have? A: 3 Q: 6. As you were changing alleles, did any dragons die? A: Q: 6. As you were changing alleles, did any dragons die? A: No Q: 6. As you were changing alleles, did any dragons die? A: No Q: 6. As you were changing alleles, did any dragons die? A: No Q: 7. What allele(s) caused the death in both male and female dragons? A: The allele that caused the dragon to die was the bottom line of chromosome X or the"Color2." Q: 8. Which genes are part of Chromosome 1? A: Horns Q: 9. Which genes are part of Chromosome 2? A: Tails Legs Wings Q: 10. Which genes are part of Chromosome X? A: Color2 Color1 Fire Q: 11. Which genes are part of Chromosome Y? A:
For this assignment, I will use the websites, lab and materials from this week and complete an internet search of my own on chromosomes. I will write a two- page essay that explains how conditions caused by extra or missing chromosomes reflect a meiotic error. I will also choose two conditions or diseases to review. Also, distinguish among the modes of inheritance.
5. Males transmit their Y chromosome to their sons. This means that sons will not inherit an X-linked recessive condition from their father.
Passionate, enthusiastic and energetic; the dragon can be seen as a “big mouth” and demanding; dragons mend with rats, snakes and monkeys. Dragons are seen to not work well with the
4. Clear wing, Black eye, and Hairless (c, b, and h) are linked, recessive traits carried on
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a gender-linked inherited disorder. To illustrate, males only have one X chromosome, therefore they do not have a second X chromosome to make up for the damaged gene. Females can only become carriers of the disease, as females have a second X chromosomes to make up for the damaged gene.
Y-linked genes typically determine sexual orientation, whereas X-linked genes typically determine an abundance of other traits because it’s much bigger than the Y-chromosome. Males are hemizygous because they lack a second copy of an X chromosome (XY), unlike women who have 2 (XX). This is why its much more common for a man to inherit an X-linked recessive disorder because they don’t have a second X chromosome to compensate. However, women can still express these traits and also be carriers if they are homozygous for the allele. A Barr body forms from the inactive X that
After I returned from my survival test, the two old people trained me in dragon ways, which took another eight years. Copying the tigers, their stalking kill, and their anger had been a wild, bloodthirsty joy. Tigers are easy to find, but I needed adult wisdom to know dragons. ‘You have to infer the whole dragon from the parts you can see and touch,’ the old people would say. Unlike tigers, dragons are so immense, I would never see one in its entirety. But I could explore the mountains, which are the top of its head. ‘These mountains are also like the tops of other
Right." Two meagre hands on his chest and a push sent the man flying from the window, screams coming from his lips as he fell. With a satisfying crunch, his body crumpled into nothing beneath him. "Gladys! Feel free to finish him." An sage coloured dragon swooped down to the ground with a loud and menacing roar. It's crimson wings beat together as it lurched at the inert body beneath it. The dragon showed jagged, ivory teeth protruding from it's snarling mouth ready to devour its
Dragons are known to be powerful people. Intelligent, energetic, and gifted are some words to describe them; but don't be fooled, they are also quite feisty. Waverly Jong was a prodigy at the age of nine. She ruled chess on the streets of San Fransico. Stubborn enough to quit for day, but too soft to make it on her own. Two different beings, from a folktale and from the womb of her mother. They're on different paths but it seems as if they're spirit merges as one.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy has the potential to be inherited from previous generations (National Human Genome Research Institute, 2013). The disease is sex-linked and inherited on the X chromosome in a recessive fashion. Males who only have one X and one Y chromosome are most commonly affected
The Physical Description of dragons. The dragons are, the largest of all serpents around the world. (Hinds 9) A dragon in Greek has a black colored belly, somewhat green scales, and the most bright and clear seeing eyes. (Hinds 23) “His Crest was gold, eyes of flash fires, His body swelled with poison, Three darting tongues, three rows of teeth.” (Hinds
So how does one explain the idea of a dragon? Several popular theories include a misidentification of dinosaur bones, large lizards such as crocodiles, and even misidentification of whales. Thus over the course of many generations, the idea of the dragon changed and was constantly being reinterpreted and became the fantasized dragon we see today in popular culture. A case of misidentification stretched throughout time. The very same thing or something along those lines could have
In the book, the author tries to define the dragon and states that it was seen to look like a giant snake. He also explains how people saw dragons as sacred whereby it was seen as some type of guardian to the people and provided them with protection and natural needs like rain. The book also tells of people, who had negative beliefs against the dragons; these were mostly Christians who to some extent even fought with the dragons. The belief that dragons were strong and mighty was seen as true since people who defeated dragons, mostly armies, were remembered as very great men. The popular belief that dragons guard great treasures in their caves is seen in this novel whereby the author states that people in those days tried to enter dragon caves which were guarded by these dragons.
Dragons are portrayed in many myths as very hungry, very malevolent beings; fire spitting devils who raid and pillage human settlements until some brave hero comes around to vanquish them. This is not only offensive to all dragonkind the and friends, breeders, caretakers, foster parents, wardens, supervisors, and groomers of dragons, but a frighteningly inaccurate portrayal of these wonderful creatures. In reality, though, dragons are not quite as evil as they appear to be in myth. In fact, some of them can be quite kind and friendly. Despite their often sweet temperaments, one should never leave a local dragon out of their calculations for a variety of reasons, first and foremost because of their huge appetite, but also because of their sheer