Harry+Potter's+Genetics

==J. K. Rowling's //Harry Potter // series offer richly described characters whose appearances can serve as examples of how parents pass their genes with specific genetic traits to their children. Harry has the same bright green eyes that his mother, Lily, is described with. The Weasley family is known for their red hair and freckles. Draco Malfoy seems to have inherited the almost white blond hair and gray eyes in his father, Lucius. Hagrid is a son produced by a human and a giantess and his size is somewhere between a normal wizard and a giant. These //Harry Potter // characters provide a way for students to explore and apply basic concepts in genetics to the fictional characters that the students may already know much about by having read the series or watched the movies. ==

==The following are online resources that may be useful for gathering additional data or visual materials for classroom activities: == ====__The Harry Potter Lexicon site __ for character descriptions and lineages====
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===__DNA from the Beginning's Classical Genetics section __ for basic genetic concepts. This site offers illustrations and text that can promote students acquisition of the key concepts covered in this lesson plan. Some specific links that cover these key concepts can be found under the following titles listed on the right:=== ====__Introduction to Mendelian Genetics __ site provide information on:__Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms __ provided by the __National Human Genome Research Institute __==== ====__Mendel's Genetics __ site for an overviews of the Medelian inheritance==== ====__Probability of Inheritance __ site for an overview of Punnett Square====
 * Mendelian inheritance: 1. __Children resemble their parents __, 2. __Genes come in pairs __, and 13. __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b3e26; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mendelian laws apply to human beings __
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