EVIDENCE:

• Compare and Contrast the chromosomes of the parents and the son.

• List the similarities and differences between the parents’ and the son’s chromosomes.

Based on your Venn Diagram, circle the best claim that describes where blue-skin mutation is located.

Explain why you chose the claim using evidence from the figure and/or venn diagram.

Draw a model to show how a change in the gene (DNA) results in Tyler having blue skin while his parents do not.

Your model must include:

• Genes (DNA)

• Proteins

• Observable Traits

Explain how your model shows how changes to a gene may result in changes to an observable trait.

Here are some sentence frames you can use:

• _____ has/have caused _______. Which in turn, results/resulted in _______.

• This leads me to conclude that _______.

• This evidence is important because _______.

• The fact that _____ shows that _______.

• The evidence supports the claim by ________.