Draco-Malfoy’s comment: Draco-Malfoy’s comment

Draco-Malfoy’s comment:

• Draco-Malfoy’s comment:

“Harry had a thin face, knobby knees, black hair and bright green eyes.”

• “Harry had a thin face, knobby knees, black hair and bright green eyes.”

• Sorcerer’s Stone

“A pale boy with a pointed face and white blond hair, Draco greatly resembled his father. His Mother was blonde too….

• “A pale boy with a pointed face and white blond hair, Draco greatly resembled his father. His Mother was blonde too….

A genetic trait can be described in two ways:

• A genetic trait can be described in two ways:

• Phenotypes are observable traits resulting from how one’s genes are expressed.
• Ex: hair color, eye color, sickle cell disease, etc.
• A Genotype consists of two letters that represent a gene’s allele pair that results in a phenotype

Being a wizard or a muggle is all decided by genetics

• Being a wizard or a muggle is all decided by genetics

• All humans including wizards receive one allele from each parent

The allele for wizarding ability is m

• The allele for wizarding ability is m

• Wizards have the alleles mm

The allele for muggleness is M

• The allele for muggleness is M

• Muggles have the alleles Mm or MM

• M is dominant to m so you can only be a wizard if you have no M allele

Harry has dark brown hair like his father, but his mom had red hair. Using the genotypes of B and b, what possible genotypes does each of the Potters have?

• Harry has dark brown hair like his father, but his mom had red hair. Using the genotypes of B and b, what possible genotypes does each of the Potters have?