GENES

1. GENES

2. Name: Mr A. Bump Age: 27 Marital Status: Single Medical 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.

3. Name: Mr V. Greedy Age: 23 Marital Status: Single Medical 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.

4. Name: Mr I.M. Forgetful Age: 32 Marital Status: Single Medical 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.

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

7. Little Miss Helpful Mm for memory formation Little Miss Somersault Hh for hunger gene Here come the girls! Little Miss Neat Cc for co-ordination Little Miss Busy Aa for activeness

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

9. Choose a couple, draw them including their genotype and phenotype. • Draw what their children might look like and give it a name. • 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. • 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.