Evidence of work:
In this project, we were given a description of a recent (fictional) murder and our goal was to find out who the culprit of the crime was. There were multiple suspects given and we found evidence supporting those suspects through crime scene examinations, blood types, fingerprint scans, and many more. In the end, we were lead to the conclusion that Nancy Normal was the killer and even provided some possible motives for it. The presentation showing all of the evidence that drove us to that conclusion is shown below:
Content:
Co-dominance - Co-dominance is when two traits dominate together. For example, if we have a red trait and a blue trait, the traits will dominate together making a red+blue result.
Incomplete Dominance - Incomplete dominance is when both of the traits are expressed making the result become a blend of the two. A great example of this would be if we have a red trait and blue trait, the result would be purple (the blend of red and blue).
Dominant Trait - A trait that masks the recessive in three out of four instances (ex: Bb, bB, BB).
Recessive Trait - A trait that dominates in one out of four instances (ex: bb)
Fingerprint - A unique marker on your skin used for modern identification.
Punnett Squares - Squares used to organize combinations between traits of certain people.
Pedigree Chart - These show data about families or individual groups of people. We use shapes to identify genders and mainly used these for the murder mystery to find out the relationships with the family.
Ink Chromatography - Paper mixed with alcohol used to find out information about the mystery. For our mystery, we used strips of paper and drew out the colors that made the ink.
Incomplete Dominance - Incomplete dominance is when both of the traits are expressed making the result become a blend of the two. A great example of this would be if we have a red trait and blue trait, the result would be purple (the blend of red and blue).
Dominant Trait - A trait that masks the recessive in three out of four instances (ex: Bb, bB, BB).
Recessive Trait - A trait that dominates in one out of four instances (ex: bb)
Fingerprint - A unique marker on your skin used for modern identification.
Punnett Squares - Squares used to organize combinations between traits of certain people.
Pedigree Chart - These show data about families or individual groups of people. We use shapes to identify genders and mainly used these for the murder mystery to find out the relationships with the family.
Ink Chromatography - Paper mixed with alcohol used to find out information about the mystery. For our mystery, we used strips of paper and drew out the colors that made the ink.
Reflection:
I felt like this project was extremely unorganized. One thing that I didn't like was the fact that our group did not communicate well. Another thing that I thought that we could improve on was our focus. What I really disliked about our effort was the fact that it took us an extremely long time to get on track with assignments. However, once we got on track I felt like we were really able to put our project together. Once we understood what was happening, we teamed up to create a professional pedigree, find out Nancy's main motive and form a presentation. Another thing that we did well in was our management. Once everybody was up to par on what we were doing, we were able to split tasks between our group members and get them done efficiently. I would consider the beginning of this project a pit because we weren't able to perform at our best. However, I would consider the last few days of working a peak because we were really able to get ourselves together and finish the project. Lesson Learned: Always do your work in the beginning.