Virtual Fruit Fly Lab

Log onto: http://vcourseware3.calstatela.edu/VirtualFlyLab/IntroVflyLab.html

Read through the introduction and then click on "Design a Cross Between Two Flies"

Carefully read through the instructions and complete two of the following three crosses. ( Flies with genotype "+" are wild type flies (meaning that they have the phenotype that is most common) Then complete a cross of your own with a trait.

  1. Wild Male X Black Female
  2. Wild Female X Vestigial Winged Male
  3. White Eyed Male X Wild Eyed Female.

For each of these do the initial cross and then do the F1 cross. Then analyze the F2 offspring. To do so you must figure out the genotypes of the F1 offspring and complete a Punnett Square to determine expected ratios. Then complete the Chi-Square Analysis to determine the accuracy of your Punnett Square Hypothesis. Complete each of the following charts for your crosses.

Cross 1: __________________________________

 

Results from F1 Cross
Parents
Female _________ X Male ____________
Offspring

Phenotype

Number
Proportion
Ratio
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

Complete Punnett Square to show expected outcome ratios (hypothesis) on separate sheet.

Results Including Sex

Phenotype
Observed
Hypothesis
     
   
   
   
Total
   

Chi-Squared Statistical Results

Phenotype
Observed
Numbers
Expected
Numbers
Chi-Squared
Term
   
 
 
   
 

 

 
   
 

 

 
   
 

 

 
Total
 
 
 

 

Chi-Squared Test Statistic =
Degrees of Freedom =
Level of Significance =
Recommendation:

Is this trait inherited as a recessive, dominant or sex-linked allele (circle one)

Cross two __________________________________

Results from F1 Cross
Parents
Female _________ X Male ____________
Offspring

Phenotype

Number
Proportion
Ratio
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

Punnett Square with Expected Ratios of Cross (on separate sheet)

Results Including Sex

Phenotype
Observed
Hypothesis
     
   
   
   
Total
   

Chi-Squared Statistical Results

Phenotype
Observed
Numbers
Expected
Numbers
Chi-Squared
Term
   
 
 
   
 

 

 
   
 

 

 
   
 

 

 
Total
 
 
 

 

Chi-Squared Test Statistic =
Degrees of Freedom =
Level of Significance =
Recommendation:

Is this trait inherited as a recessive, dominant or sex-linked allele (circle one)

 

Cross three __________________________________

Results from F1 Cross
Parents
Female _________ X Male ____________
Offspring

Phenotype

Number
Proportion
Ratio
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

Punnett Square with Expected Ratios of Cross (Do on separate sheet)

Results Including Sex

Phenotype
Observed
Hypothesis
     
   
   
   
Total
   

Chi-Squared Statistical Results

Phenotype
Observed
Numbers
Expected
Numbers
Chi-Squared
Term
   
 
 
   
 

 

 
   
 

 

 
   
 

 

 
Total
 
 
 

 

Chi-Squared Test Statistic =
Degrees of Freedom =
Level of Significance =
Recommendation:

Is this trait inherited as a recessive, dominant or sex-linked allele (circle one)


 Questions? Comments
Shannon Tice