The hypothesis is that by designing a fictitious chromosome and marking genes on it, students will gain a better understanding of the link between genes and chromosomes and reinforce the concepts of dominant and recessive genes, incompletely dominant genes and co-dominant genes.

You will draw a chromosome on paper and draw lines across the chromosome to mark loci. Design a fictitious chromosome, marking genes on it which some people have and some do not. Each gene on your chromosome must have at least two alleles, which you must mark and label on the drawing.

You will need unlined paper, pencils, a drawing of a chromosome showing the shape, and optional materials such as cartoons showing fictional genes on the X and Y chromosomes, colored pens or pencils, and other art supplies.

Through this project, students will gain a better understanding of the link between genes and chromosomes and reinforce the concepts of dominant and recessive genes, incompletely dominant genes and co-dominant genes. They will also be able to observe what happens when the gene is dominant or recessive, and when the progeny receives one copy of a dominant allele and one copy of the recessive allele.

This science project is interesting and unique because it allows students to explore the concepts of dominant and recessive genes, incompletely dominant genes and co-dominant genes in a creative and engaging way.

Experiment variations to consider include exploring the effects of different alleles on the chromosome, or exploring the effects of different combinations of alleles on the chromosome.

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