Fast Plant reflection

During the course of quarter 4, My group members and I planted plants and observed them for the whole quarter. In this lab we observed the life cycle of the Fast plant, genetics, phenotypes, and characteristics. The procedure of this lab was to take parental seeds and observe each parental type which is homozygous with the phenotypes we will investigate. In order to complete the lab successfully everyone had to have good background knowledge on genetics. The purpose of the procedure was to understand the basics of mendelian genetics, the use of punnett squares, chi-square analysis of data, and the life cycle of diploid organisms useful in genetics studies. We predicted the plant F2 to be the dominant plant to have a baby with the others plants, and it turned out that we were in fact correct. What hindered our plant from surviving was the fact that we didn’t water them as often as we were supposed to. We forgot that we had plants in the lab section of our classroom, and also they hardly got any sunlight to help them grow. A greater indicator that lets you know more about how the organism will look is the process the plant goes through everytime you go to check on it. What I mean when I say this, is the colors that changes and how tall it grows along the way. Genetics and the environment affect the phenotype of an organism because its determined how the plant will grow based off of the environment and the genetic makeup of the seeds from the plant.  The phenotype of the plant is the physical makeup of the plant which is based off of what is around it. What stood out to me during this course is that I found it cool how plants can make babies. I thought that was very decent I didn’t know that they could do such as things. I also enjoyed learning more about the process of planting plants. You don’t just plant a seed and water it all the time. It’s more to it then just that.