November 16: Fast Plant Lab Common Assessment

11-16 Fast Plant Lab Report-Common Assessment

Goal: To develop and use a model to describe why sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.

Question:  How can one determine the phenotypes and genotypes of the original parents given multiple generations of Wisconsin Fast Plants?

We have been investigating the Wisconsin Fast Plant, a fast growing Brassica plant related to the mustard plant.  Your task is to create a lab report describing the results of breeding multiple generations of fast plants and determine the genotype and phenotype of the father (P2) generation for the traits of leaf color and stem color.