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Virtual Lab: Sex-Linked Traits
Worksheet
Please make sure you have read through all of the information in the “Questions” and “Information” areas. If you come upon terms that are unfamiliar to you, please refer to your textbook for further explanation or search the word here: http://encarta.msn.com/…/fea…/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx
Next, complete the Punnett square activity by clicking on the laboratory notebook. Please be sure to note the possible genotypes of the various flies:
Female, red eyesFemale, red eyesFemale, white eyesMale, red eyesMale, white eyesXRXRXrXRXrXrXRYXrY
When you have completed the Punnett square activity, return to the laboratory scene to begin the actual laboratory activity.
In this exercise, you will perform a Drosophila mating in order to observe sex-linked trait transmission. Please click on the shelf in the laboratory. Here you will find vials of fruit flies. On the TOP shelf, please

