In Science / Senior High School | 2025-07-15

The Narne Colorful Tale of Bella, Benny Genetics and Diversity . Objectives: aterials Needed: Worksheet. writing materials (ballpen, pencl, c rv. Procedure: unity of colorful butterflies. These Once butterfies hod n a a oret t their personalities. Among themlo paur of butterfies. Bella and Renny uho were known for their strikingly different wing coiot had bright red wings, while Benny's wings were a dazzling biue. baby butterflies into the world. As the One day, Bella and Benny welcomed a ee et snioue traits, Some had e babies grew, it becarme evident thatt and sone bad a mix of both colorB, C G Dcita, Sorme had blue wings beautiful purple wings Bella and Benny were curious about how these traits were passed down to their offspring. They I carned about genetics and discovered that each butterfly had a genotype, which was the genetic makeup inherited from its parents. Bella and Benny were both heterozygous for wing color, meaning they cach had one allele for red wings and one allele for blue wings, This explained why some of their offspring had red wings (homozygous for the red allele), some had blue wings (homozygous for the blue allele), and some had purple wings (heterozygous with both alleles). The genotypic ratio among their offspring was 1:2:1l, representing the probability of each genotype occurring. Furthermore, the observable wing colors of the butterflies, known as the phenotype, were not only determined by their genotype but also influenced by environmental factors such as sunlight and diet. This resulted in a phenotypic ratio among the offspring that mirrored the genotypic ratio. As Bella and Benny watched their offspring futter about with their unique wing colors, they marveled at the wonders of genetics and the beauty of diversity in nature​

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