Notes

March 13, 2012 NOTES:
====**genotype = the genes of an organism; for one specific trait we use two letters to represent the genotype. A capital letter represents the dominant form of a gene (allele), and a lowercase letter is the abbreviation for the recessive form of the gene (allele). ** ==== ====**phenotype = the physical appearance of a trait in an organism ** ====

====Squidward is a so called pure bred, his family has the dominant gene of light blue skin (BB), but he married a girl with the recessive light green skin (bb), if they were to have kids what is the chances of a child having light blue skin. B b The child has a 50% chance of having the light blue skin.==== B The child also has a 25% chance of having the light green skin. B
 * < Bb ||< Bb ||
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Assume that one of Squidwar's sons, who is heterozygous (a hybrid) for the light blue skin, married a girl that was also heterozygous, (Bb), 50% chance the kid will have light blue skin and a 25% chance that the kid will have the light green skin.

March 20, 2012:

Next, predict why you think your last name is in each of these locations. What do you think are some of the reasons for the changes of distributions over time? What historic events might have affected the distribution? How does migration patterns have anything to do with genetics?

The origins of my last name come from England// White: 10,000 - 24,999, in Alabama have my last name, in Washington 10,000 - 24,999 share my last name, in Texas 10,000 - 24,999 share my last name, in Michigian 10,000 - 24,999 people hare my last name, In North Dakota less than 10,000 people share my last name.

I think my last name is in these locations because of the travels that they were taken to get here, more and more people with that last name wither got married or had kids or more people moved in with that last name. Well knowing how they traveled way back when, they mostly travled by land or by water, so most of my name is around areas that have water, so when they traveled that must have been where their ship landed, because your family can come from one place and end in another, your not limited to one place. When they migrated they met new people, some met their match and others stayed with the originals, and that is how we have other ancestors besides all american people!

March 22, 2012:
What is it used for? Why is it located where it is? When did it receive the most immigrants? Do you think/know if any of your ancestors traveled through Ellis Island? -Find 3 times that people viewed America as a pull factor, and be sure to list the push factors that were making them be "pulled" to America.

====Ellis Island was used for immagrants to ceom from places akll over Europe to come to the USA, (immagration station), this place was called the "Land of Hope" and "The Land of Tears", because some got to go on, and others; well lets just say their family got torn apart and they also contracted diseases and died.====

====It was opened/started in 1892, it is loacted in the upper bay just off of the New Jersey coast. Throughout the years this 'Island' had grown tremencily in size, from just being 3.3 acres, to 27.5 acres, mostly because of the landfill from when the world was introduced to the subway system.====

====In all, around 22 Million imigrants stepped through those doors on Ellis Island, In 1907, when immigration was on the rise, immigrants migrated to the united states more than any other year having about 1.25 Million immigrants come through.====

1890's -- They new that is was an economic puls for them, because they didn't have much money.
====A push factor was they didn't want to be in their wars and so they thought that coming to America would help them, they thought that they could get away from the fights and worhtlessness of their country, and come here and get what they need.====

April 03, 2012:
====My Spring Break wasn't the best, but it was fun, or somewhat fun. Monday, Me, Kortney, Althia and Jessie all went to WindCreek, (and it isn't an actual creek by the way!), and got some sun! When I got home Monday evening I packed and headed over to Katlyne's house to go to the zoo. Tuesday morning we headed to the Birmingham Zoo, and spent around 4-5 hours up there with friends. Wednesday Althia (my sister), needed to finish a project, so we, meaning Moma, Althia and Me all went to Sam's in Birmingham and then the mall in Leeds (The Shops of Grand River). Thursday Me ad Moma went to the funeral home because my Great Great Uncle had passed away, I didn't know him, but we thought that we would go anyways! Friday, is a mystery I can nt remember what I did if my life depepnded on it, and Saturday my cousins and Althia and Me all went to go and watch the Hungar Games!====