Class: Biological Anthropology

Prompt:

• DO EVERYTHING of the THREE ACTIVITIES (ACTIVITY A, B, and C)
• Do NOT use ChatGPT/AI Software to answer the questions, or you will be REPORTED!
• (+ Paragraphs for EACH question)

Activity A:

• You have a cup of beans in front of you with 20 black beans (you can substitute beans with pennies and nickels etc.) and 20 brown beans. These beans represent the alleles for a simple Mendelian trait, where brown is dominant (R) and black is recessive (r). The cup holds the alleles for an entire population (the gene pool).
• Form a population from the gene pool: Randomly pull out pairs (two beans) and lay them out on a table. Each pair of beans represents one of an individual's genotype for this particular trait. Pull out 20 pairs of beans (20 individuals) to simulate the population. Record the genotypes of the individuals in a table (like the one demonstrated below). Then answer the following questions.