Genetic Variety Blog.

Genetic Variety means that each new cell is different from each the parents. It is not exactly 1/2 of Mom and 1/2 Dad. Crossing over occurs, which means that the chromatids become varieted and each one has a little bit of Mom and a little bit of Dad. Here is a picture of crossing over :

As you can see, each gamete has a different mix. Nothing is the same. Once sexual reproduction occurs, these will mix. Whichever gamete ends up becoming fertilized has a different amount of the DNA from each parent.

The Reebops do the same thing too. They also have to got through sexual reproduction to produce their child. Each new child isn't exactly like the parents. Some are mostly like one parent (because four different traits are possible.... Punnett Square.) while others have a different mix. My Reebops have maybe only one of the grandparents traits. Some have almost all of the one of the parents traits. This shows variety from each cell. This is actually genetic variety, because there is an assortment of different traits and genes. My second Reebop could look nothing like it's parents. Maybe it is because it got some of the receesive traits from the parents. Here is an example of what could happen:

Parents:

Child:

You can see that even though the parents are green and brown, it doesn't neccesarily mean that the child has to be green or brown.

Genetic variety is when the children are different. Remember that genetic variety is just like it's name..... it's differences in the traits.

Thanks for reading.