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//**March 13, 2012**//

//**Summarize the steps of Punnett Squares in my own words.**//

When you get enough information on two parent organisms you can use this box to predict the genotypes, and the phenotypes of their offspring.

Definitons:

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 = = = = =__// NOTES //__= = = = =
 * Use the map below to find your surname. List where you find your name including your current location with four other places in the United States. Tell me the population size of your surname in each location.**

The Last Name Goins first originated in France. Only 20,225 people in the U.S. have Goins as a last name. There are only 542 people in Alabama with that last name. There are 1,066 people in Texas, 807 in Georgia, 54 in Utah, and 2,877 people in North Carolina with the last name Goins.


 * 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?**

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 * 1) What is Ellis Island used for? Ellis Island is a place that is located right outside New York, that you can go and see who your ancestors are. You can also trace your family history to at least one ancestor that has ever passed through Ellis Island. You can also go and tour Ellis Island.
 * 2) Why is it located where it is? Ellis Island is located on Pearl Harbor because this is where immagrants would to stop and get checked for dieseases when they was coming into the United States.
 * 3) When did it recieve the most immigrants? They recieved the most immigrants in 1907, during this year they recieved 1,004,756.
 * 4) Do I know/ or think of any of my ancestors traveled through Ellis Island? I really dont know. We could do reasearch and find out. They probaly have, you never know.
 * 5) What are 3 pull factors for Ellis Island? Most people wanted to leave home because they did not have the money to feed and support their family, others wanted to leave because they did not want to go to war or even be around war. Some people left home because it was not free to practice their religion.

= __//**NOTES**//__ = = = What did I do over my spring break? Over my spring break I did alot of stuff. The first weekend of spring break I went to Georgia, then during the week of spring break all I did was work. I pretty much cut grass my whole spring break. Then on the last weekend of the spring break we had a little family reunion. We went fishing and we played basketball, and then Sunday we all went to my house and had a big BBQ. Thats how my spring break ended.