GENES

Name: Mr A. BumpAge: 27Marital Status: SingleMedical History: 1,247 counts of severe bruising;896 counts of serious cuts;513 counts of concussion;92 counts of bone fracture;3 short periods in a coma.Genetic information: Homozygous recessive for the co-ordination gene - cc - found on chromosome 13.

Name: Mr V. GreedyAge: 23Marital Status: SingleMedical History: Morbidly obese since 3 years old. High blood pressure. Stomach stapling operation in 20008. Genetic information: Homozyous recessive for the hunger gene - hh - on chromosome 8. Mr Greedy never feels full after eating.

Name: Mr I.M. Forgetful

Age: 32Marital Status: SingleMedical History: Treated for pneumonia in January after forgetting his way home. Repeat prescription for Ebixa to treat memory loss.Genetic information: Homozygous recessive for memory formation - mm.

Name: Mr B. LazyAge: 30Marital Status: SingleMedical History: Treated for severe sun burn in July. Undergoing tests for suspected narcolepsy.Genetic information: Homozygous recessive for the activity gene – aa.

Here come the girls!

Little Miss HelpfulMm for memory

formation

Little Miss BusyAa for activeness

Little Miss NeatCc for co-ordination

Little Miss SomersaultHh for hunger gene

These Men and Little Miss’s are destined for happiness.

1. Choose a couple, draw them including their genotype and phenotype.

2. Draw what their children might look like and give it a name.

3. If the Little Miss’s are heterozygous for their partners problematic characteristic, e.g. Cc for co-ordination, show the possible gene pairings and chances of each being seen in their offspring.

4. Your couple have a genetic screening of their developing embryo and find it to have the same code as Dad! Create a thought bubbles of what could be going through the couples minds.