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Reebops are imaginary organisms made out of marshmallows and other inexpensive materials. Reebops tend to live in discarded pop (that’s“soda” for you non-Midwesterners) cans. However, they are rarely seen in the wild as they are extremely fast. Once you have a male anda female in captivity, your room will soon be filled withReebops. They are very prolific and require minimal care. My Reebops live quite comfortably in a covered shoebox with small holes punched in the sides for ventilation.  \nReebops was developed by Patti Soderberg, with support from a grant to the Center for Biology Education, UW-Madison, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.  \nGraphic design by Tracy Saffran.  \nCopyright © 1991 by the Center for Biology Education and Patti Soderberg.  \nAll rights reserved. This exercise may be reproduced only for classroom use.  \nFor copies of this exercise, contact the  \nCenter for Biology Education  \nUniversity of Wisconsin  \n1271 Genetics/Biotechnology Building  \n425 Henry Mall Madison, WI 53706 608/263-0478  \n4  \nNotes for the teacher  \nThis is background information for teachers who would like to use the Reebop activity in their classroom, but feel a little hesitant about their genetics knowledge. The Reebop activity was originally written for middle and highschool students. However, many elementary teachers find that they can use Reebops to teach a variety of lessons to younger students.  \nThis outlines the basic relationship between DNA, genes and chromosomes. It also provides enough information to help you decipher any unfamiliar (or vaguely familiar) genetics vocabulary you may find in the Reebop activity.  \nEach cell in all living organisms contains hereditary information that is encoded by a chemical called DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) . DNA is an extremely long molecule. When this long, skinny DNA molecule is all coiled up and bunched together it is called a chromosome. Each chromosome is a separate piece of DNA, so a cell with eight chromosomes has eight long pieces of DNA. A gene is a segment of the long DNA molecule. Different genes maybe different lengths. Each gene is a code for how a certain molecule can be made. The molecules produced by the genes can generally be sorted into two different types: ones that run the chemical reactions in your body, and ones that  \nwill be the structural components of your body. How an organism looks and functions is a result of the cumulative effect of all the molecules.  \nChromosomes can be seen if one looks through a microscope at a cell stained with dye. The DNA in a cell will coil up to form chromosomes right before the cell is about to divide. Therefore, you need to look at cells that are in the process of dividing to see chromosomes. Otherwise, the DNA will be uncoiled and strung out all over the nucleus of the cell.  \nAny organism that has “parents” has an even number of chromosomes, because half of the chromosomes come from the “father” and the other half from the “mother.” For example, in plants, a pollen grain is the “father’s”contribution and an ovule is the “mother’s” contribution. These two cells combine to make a single cell which will grow into a seed (the offspring) . Humans have 46 chromosomes. The chromosomes sort into 23 pairs. One chromosome in each of the 23 pairs is from the person’s father, the other from the person’s mother.  \nSince chromosomes come in pairs, genes do too. One gene is located on one member of chromosome pair, the other gene is in the same location on the opposite chromosome. The location where the gene can be found on the chromosome is referred to as the gene locus. The gen","cbCaik2vWvHp7Nik","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaik2vWvHp7Nik","pdf",605844,12,"English","# Introduction\n# Notes for the teacher\n## Core genetics concepts: DNA, chromosomes, genes\n## Inheritance basics: chromosome number and pairing\n## Alleles, gene loci, homozygous vs heterozygous\n## Dominance and codominance examples (tail shape, nose color)","[{\"question\":\"What is Reebops and how is it used to teach genetics?\",\"answer\":\"Reebops is an imaginary “organism” made from inexpensive materials. 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