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Genetics Construction Kit
Organism Parameters
Figure 34. Organism Parameter editing.
The two editable fields on the first line specify the number of organisms that will
appear in the field vial. In this case at least 25 and no more that 50 organisms will
appear in the field vial.
The second line puts limits on the number of progeny resulting from a cross.
The fourth line specifies how many traits will be reported in problems of this type.
For monohybrid problems, use 1; for dihybrid problems use 2, etc.
The fifth line specifies whether the organism is dioecious or monoecious.
Dioecious organisms are displayed as and and must be crossed with individuals
of the opposite sex. Monoecious organisms are displayed as ( ) and may be crossed
with themselves or any other organism.
The last line governs whether an organism can mate only once or an unlimited
number of times.
Click Cancel to discard the changes you have made to this problem, or OK to keep
them.