Topic > Mendel's Contributions to Genetics and Heredity
The exercise involved a series of "mating" events that resulted in 6 generations. Each mating event produced offspring with "possible" recently inherited traits. The idea of "chance" was included through simple coin tosses. Furthermore, ideas of selection and mutations in the "gene pool" were introduced, which presented a deeper and clearer understanding of Mendelian inheritance and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Once the third generation was reached, a B1 mutant allele was introduced into the blue fin shape influencing locus and a G1 mutant allele was introduced into the green mouth affecting locus.
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