Morgan Kop Case Study

Morgan Koops is a middle aged female living in the United States. She recently went to get a new Social Security Card and was denied. They were able to discover that she was originally from Russia, but was given up for adoption at a young age. Her birth files and certificates were destroyed from an aftermath of the Cold War in 1992. The U.S. Adoption Agency has contacted us to try and find out, who her birth parents are. They have given us five couples that are possibly the birth parents of Mrs. Koops are. These five couples gave children up for adoption or lost children around the same time Mrs. Koops was adopted. It is our job to find out who her birth parents are.
We will find out who the parents of Mrs. Koops are through multiple scientific ways. We will use our knowledge
of genetics to solve this case. We will use the great knowledge from gregor Mendel and his findings. We will use his explanations from his Law of Dominance and Law of Segregation to find out more information from the couples’ genetics. We will also use pedigrees to be able to have a better understanding on the ancestors of the couples. A pedigree is very similar to a family tree. It displays the offspring and birth parents of every person. We will be able to look at the five couples’ pedigrees and see if Mrs. Koops could fit into it. We also be using punnett square to find out more on the traits of the couples, as well as the traits of Mrs. Koops.
The process of meiosis is also a major way in solving this case.
The chromosomes replicate and each DNA strand unzips into two strands, while free floating bases attach to the strands. Chromosomes begin to condense and attach to the membrane of the nucleus pairing up with their corresponding chromosome. Enzymes cut the DNA from the chromosomes at this time. The spindle fibers from and centrioles begin to separate to opposite ends. The chromosomes will now line up on either side of the metaphase plate. The chromosomes split to other ends of the cell. New nuclear membranes form at other ends of the cell. The rest of the cell divides and the division of the cell's cytoplasm has occurred. The chromosomes condense again, spindles and centrioles form, and membrane fragments disperse. Spindle fibers attach to the chromosomes. Centrioles are at opposite ends. Fibers are pulled to opposite ends of the cell. Chromatids arrive at opposite ends and new nuclear membranes form. The rest of the cell continues to divide and there are now four daughter cells. Following these steps of meiosis will help us be able to have a better understanding and awareness of who the parents are of Mrs.
Koops.