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    What do Bleeding, Colour

    Blindness and Cyanide have


    in common?
    Learning Objectives
    • Look at a range of characteristics about
    ourselves and describe how our every
    quirk is coded for genetically

    • Explain the difference between


    dominance, recessive and relate to our
    own genes
    You should see a 2
    You should see a 5
    Everyone
    should have
    seen a 16
    You should see a 42
    You should see a 7
    You should see a 29
    You should see a 6
    You should see a 57
    You should see a 10
    Normal colour vision
    will see a 5.
    An individual with
    Red/Green
    (the most common)
    colour blindness will
    see a 2.
    TRAITS: Traits are characteristics that is
    passed on during fertilization.
    Family traits are characteristics that are
    transmitted from parents to their
    offsprings. E.g ability to roll your
    tongue, size of ear, size and colour of
    eyes , albinism, shape of nose , height,
    complexion etc.
    The process of passing these traits to
    the young one is called heredity.
    Gene is the smallest unit of inheritance
    produed by the chromosomes in the
    TYPES OF TRAITS
    Dominant: A ‘strong’ trait – will always be
    the trait that is expressed.It is a trait that
    will alway manifest or show in individual

    Recessive: A ‘weak’ trait – will only be


    expressed if no dominant gene for the
    same trait is present.This traits will not
    manifest or show when a dominant trait is
    present but can still show in another
    generation.
    Importance of family traits
    • Intelligence: it helps to explain why a child is
    brillant or dull. Intelligence is transfered from
    parent to a child.
    • Crime detection: it can be used to detect crime
    • Disease reduction: family traits can reduce the
    occurence of hereditary diseasese. g eye defect,
    sickle cell anaemia
    • Resemblance:It show similar features between
    parents and children
    • Family pedigree: Help to trace and identify
    members of your family.

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