My Co-op class did the Sweet 16 Drosophila Tournament in class. The website, FlyBase, is useful for the final bracket. We just googled the other traits. Exploratorium has an exhibit, Mutant Fruit Flies, with images. We did this activity because it reviews loads of terms: autosomal, X-linked, locus, alleles, genes, and various traits. I wanted the kids to be able to use brackets, too. The activity generated several good discussions: X-linked or sex-linked, x-linked or autosomal, and which websites are reliable. I recommend this activity. Flinn does not like teachers to post answers. Let me just say the final trait is ‘apterous’. My copy is the messy one because I didn’t read the directions well and skipped a bracket.
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