Journal Entry

Week 1

Shared Journal Assignment

Shared Journal

Acknowledgements

• I worked with my homework partner Aby Mesfin this week in class to complete this assignment. We talked about the assignment in class and texted about it as well if anyone needed help.
• I have also worked with Ivy Macaraeg with this assignment. She has helped me create this page and gave me resources to help me out with it.
• I spoke with Joey Nimmers about this assignment as well and he has been an available resource to me if I had any questions.
• I consulted the Wiki Help page when designing my home page as well. [Help Page]
• "Except for what is noted above, this individual journal entry was completed by me and not copied from another source."

Dmadere (talk) 22:23, 4 September 2019 (PDT)

References

• Wiki page creation details and assignment updates as listed by LMU BioDB 2019. (2019). Week 1. Retrieved August 29, 2017, from https://xmlpipedb.cs.lmu.edu/biodb/fall2019/index.php/Week_1

Week 2

Purpose

The purpose of these investigations was to examine color inheritance in flowers as well as seeing the effects of mutations on color, protein sequence, and DNA sequence.

Methods/Results

I. Genetics - Crosses

1. Cross two organisms.
   • Cross Green-1 and White using the "Cross Two Organisms" buttons in the Upper and Lower Work Panels after selection.
   • After crossing two organisms, the offspring is saved in the History List as a Tray.
2. Self-Cross a single organism
   • Select an organism from Tray 1 and click on "Self-Cross One Organism". The offspring will be displayed in the Lower Work Panel.
   • If an organism seems interesting, save it to Greenhouse:
     • Click "Add..." at the top of the Greenhouse
     • Give the organism a name and select "Save Greenhouse"

Questions:

Allele	Color	Dominance
Cg	Green	Dominant
Cr	Red	Dominant
Cw	White	Recessive
Cy	Yellow	Dominant
Cb	Blue	Dominant

Genotype	Phenotype
CgCg and CgCb	Green
CgCy and CgCw	Green
CwCw	White
CyCw	Yellow
CbCb and CbCw	Blue
CrCw	Red
CgCr	Black
CyCo	Orange
CrCb	Purple

II. Genetics - Mutation

1. Mutate any one organism
   • Make a pure-breeding strain of a color and note it.
   • Select a pure-breeding organism and click on "Mutate One Organism".
   • An organism of a different color should appear. If not, keep mutating the strain until one appears.
   • Save the mutant organism and name it.
   • Figure out how the mutation changed the Protein Sequence:
     • Click on the Biochemistry tab.
     • Double click on the saved mutated organism
     • From the Compare menu, choose Upper vs Lower to compare the two amino acid sequences and make note of the difference
   • Figure out how the mutation changed the DNA Sequence:
     • Click on the Molecular Biology Tab.
     • Double Click on the organism that was saved.
     • Compare them both using Upper vs Lower in the Compare menu. Make a note of the difference in the DNA sequence.
   • Create a Journal Entry with the Data:
     • Include:
       • The starting color and final color
       • The change in protein sequence
       • The change in DNA sequence
     • Attach the organism file in the Journal to store it for later