Case Study: Joy The Christmas Island Crab
Arthropod Genetics Passing of Traits
One bright and sunny Australian afternoon, Joy the Christmas Island Crab met her dream crab, a ten-legged green caped crab. They fell in love and had a beautiful crab wedding.
The Generation one crustacean body’s phenotype was a plastic cup while the genotype was BB. The legs’ phenotypes were pearly white pipe cleaners and the genotype was ff. The crustacean had deep blue pom poms for eyes and the genotype was Ii. For antennae, the crustacean had soft qtips and the genotypes were Kk. One of Joy’s structural adaptations were vibrant purple stripes to help the crab camouflage in the colorful rainforest. She also had sharp teeth to scare off predators. Her husband was a heterozygous plastic cup whose genotype was Bb. His legs were colorful straws with the genotype EE. His eyes were colorful pompoms with the genotype ii. He had Ll paperclips for the antenna. His structural adaptation was a green plastic cup with the genotype of SS. …show more content…
The lobster doctors wanted to find the probability of the phenotypes of the baby. So, they made Punnett squares.
The offspring would still have a plastic cup body because both her parent have the dominant gene for a plastic cup. The baby crab would have colored straws and white pipe cleaners for legs because its parents both have dominant genes for the trait. This means that there is incomplete dominance when two dominant traits are shown. The baby could have colorful pompom eyes or blue pompom eyes because both parents have the recessive trait for eyes, and would have a mix of Q-tips and paper clips for antennae because there is incomplete dominance. The baby would have all of the structural adaptations of its parents.
One bright and sunny afternoon in New Jersey, Joy II the Christmas Island crab, met the crab of her dreams, a red spotted red-legged crab. It was love at first sight, and they had a beautiful crab
One bright and sunny Australian afternoon, Joy the Christmas Island Crab met her dream crab, a ten-legged green caped crab. They fell in love and had a beautiful crab wedding.
The Generation one crustacean body’s phenotype was a plastic cup while the genotype was BB. The legs’ phenotypes were pearly white pipe cleaners and the genotype was ff. The crustacean had deep blue pom poms for eyes and the genotype was Ii. For antennae, the crustacean had soft qtips and the genotypes were Kk. One of Joy’s structural adaptations were vibrant purple stripes to help the crab camouflage in the colorful rainforest. She also had sharp teeth to scare off predators. Her husband was a heterozygous plastic cup whose genotype was Bb. His legs were colorful straws with the genotype EE. His eyes were colorful pompoms with the genotype ii. He had Ll paperclips for the antenna. His structural adaptation was a green plastic cup with the genotype of SS. …show more content…
The lobster doctors wanted to find the probability of the phenotypes of the baby. So, they made Punnett squares.
The offspring would still have a plastic cup body because both her parent have the dominant gene for a plastic cup. The baby crab would have colored straws and white pipe cleaners for legs because its parents both have dominant genes for the trait. This means that there is incomplete dominance when two dominant traits are shown. The baby could have colorful pompom eyes or blue pompom eyes because both parents have the recessive trait for eyes, and would have a mix of Q-tips and paper clips for antennae because there is incomplete dominance. The baby would have all of the structural adaptations of its parents.
One bright and sunny afternoon in New Jersey, Joy II the Christmas Island crab, met the crab of her dreams, a red spotted red-legged crab. It was love at first sight, and they had a beautiful crab