Easter Bunny Pedigree

Unravel the Easter Bunny's genes! Fun pedigree chart practice for genotypes and heredity.

Read the information below on 19 different Easter bunnies. Then identify the genotype for each bunny.Only certain bunnies are able to perform the all important task of laying Easter Eggs. This trait allows mammals, who normally give live birth, the ability to lay colorful eggs instead. Create a pedigree including the genotypes of Elliot the Easter Bunny’s family tree. Label the generations, and name each individual. (Hint anyone able to lay eggs would be homozygous recessive)Elliot is homozygous recessive for his ability to lay eggs. His younger sister, Evie, cannot lay eggs. Their mom, Ellen, is proud to be purebred for her ability to lay eggs but their father, Edgar cannot.Edgar is the oldest of 3 children - neither of his sisters - Emma and Erin - cannot lay eggs either. Emma has not been able to find a husband because she cannot lay eggs. However, their father, Ethan, is an egg laying bunny but their mother Eva does not have any egg laying alleles in her lineage.Edgar’s youngest sister, Erin, married a handsome bunny named Peter. Their first baby, Patrick, and their second baby, Pamela, cannot lay eggs - Pamela is hybrid, just like their parents but Patrick does not even carry the egg laying allele. Their third baby, Penny, can lay eggs.Peter is also the oldest of three children - his brother Benjamin is married to, Beula, and can both lay eggs. They have two egg laying children, a girl - Betsy, and a boy, Bart. Peter’s youngest sister, Candy, cannot lay eggs, but is hybrid, and therefore never got married. Peter's parents are Thumper (male) and Tawny (female) and they neither can lay eggs.Elliott's genotype RR Rr rr Evie's genotype RR Rr rr Ellen's genotpe RR Rr rr Edgar's genotype RR Rr rr Emma's genotype RR Rr rr Erin's genotype RR Rr rr Ethan's genotype RR Rr rr Eva's genotype RR Rr rr Peter's genotype RR Rr rr Patrick's genotype RR Rr rr Pamela's genotype RR Rr rr Penny's genotype RR Rr rr Ben's genotype RR Rr rr Beula's genotype RR Rr rr Betsy's genotype RR Rr rr Bart's genotype RR Rr rr Candy's genotype RR Rr rr Thumper's genotype RR Rr rr Tawny's genotype RR Rr rr