Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Puppies and Potatoes

Are genes in a potato passed on in the same way or a different way than genes in a puppy? What do you think? Use evidence to support your claim. 


77 comments:

Anonymous said...

No I dont think so because they are different things and both are not animals.

Anonymous said...

I think they are way different, because a potato is food and a dog is a living thing.

Anonymous said...

I think there genes are not passed the same way because potatoes don't look very different from other potatoes and you grow them. Dogs are born from other dogs and most of the dogs in a litter look the same.

Anonymous said...

I don't think genes in a potato are passed on the same way because a potato isn't an animal.

AJ said...

It is different because a potato is a vegetable and a puppy is an animal, so both of there genes are passed in a different way. Puppies genes are placed when two adult dogs give each other a very special hug, and then the genes combine and the puppies genes are placed. For potatoes, the genes are from the roots and the other potatoes stem from that, because potatoes don't give each other special hugs.

Anonymous said...

potatos and puppys both come from each other so yes they do come from like the same thing.

Nicole said...

I think they could be the same because they both are alive.

Brandon Maloney said...

I think that the genes in the potatoes are passed differently then the genes passed in Puppies because puppies are like us and potatoes become potatoes from people watering the plant and seeds they put in the ground. Puppies get their genes from their parents.

Anonymous said...

Genes are passed in a Potato differently then Genes passed in a Puppy because Puppies are passed down from different Breeds of Dogs and Potatoes are passed down from other Potato Plants.

Ian L said...

Yes and no, the reason why is because a potato can't mate but they do have genes. Also they change if it was a GMO. A puppy does have genes because its parents mated and made that puppy. Back to the potato. The potato can in fact have reproduction because when it starts getting old it starts to grow stems and creating potatoes.

Anonymous said...

Puppy need two parents and potatoes only need one. Potatoes you can can plant one and get two or one potatoes.Puppies have two parents and can have one to eight puppies.Also plants and animals have different cells

Brianna Mooers said...

Genes in potatoes passed on a different way than genes in a puppy. Although genetic engineering is being used to develop potatoes with less water and more starch, potatoes are kind of like puppies: they look different--people too. Potatoes' and puppies' genes are passed on in different ways, but researchers are using genes from chicken embryos and insect immune system to make potatoes more disease resistant.
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/biotech/genen.htm

Jasmine C. said...

I think they are different because, a potato is food and a puppy is a living thing.

Ally said...

I think it can be the same because there both alive.

kylie m said...

I think they are different because a potato is a food that we eat, and puppies are a living organism.

Phia said...

i dont think they can be the same because its a food and the puppies are animals (living)

Breanna Currier said...

No I Don't Think They Do Because Puppys Are A Living Thing And A Potatoe Is However Not A Living Thing.

lily g said...

I think they could be the same because it is a living thing and both grow of cells.

Anonymous said...

I think they are very much different genes, because they are very different things. One is a food that is grown, and one is an animal that lives on earth.

Emily said...

I think that they are all different because a dog is a living thing and a potato is a food.

Daniel.B said...

In a different way because plants dont have as much stuff as puppy like puppy get bigger and looks different when they get older

Anonymous said...

I don't thing potatoes can but dogs can

jada f said...

I think they can be the same

Jordan T. said...

I don't think that they are pasted down in the same way because puppies are alive and potatoes are not.l

Anonymous said...

No because one is a plant, and the other is an animal. And because potatoes are plants, and their genes don't usually change. A lab puppy's genes can vary from puppy to puppy because it's taking in different characteristics from its parents.

Kyle G said...

GENES in a potatoes are way diffrent then dogs gennes. dogs are alive and potatoes are not

morrison 😎 said...

it is diferent cause the puppy is a living thing and a potato is just something growned out of the grown

Tyler said...

no the dog is a living thing and a potato is not

Danielle said...

I think in some way they could be the same scientificly, but the difference is puppies come from breeds of dogs and those are different DNA passages. Potatos come from one potato that has genes. I think in some way they can be like puppies because there are different kinds of potatos like puppies in that way.

abigail N said...

It is different but simalur in a way both pass down genes from prevous generations but is very different. In puppies the two parents or the female and male dogs traits and charactrizations are taken and placed into the next generation in this case a puppy. But in a potato doesn't have a mother or father they are grown within the ground as a plant. The reasons for a potatos look is from the way that it's grown.

Gabe L said...

yes there different because only living things have genetics

Lauren Pride said...

Mitosis:
One cell splits to become two. Like a potato. Same genes single parent.

Meiosis:
Two haploid cell combine to form a new organism. Different genes combine two parents.


Budding/regeneration
Just like a starfish
When you cut a star fish in half you will get 2 starfish

Anonymous said...

No, because potatoes have one parent, not two parents.

Anonymous said...

No I don't think so. If you stick a part of a puppy in the ground you get wolves. If you stick a potato in the ground you get another potato.

Jasmine L. said...

No because a potato is food, and a puppy is a animal.

Tristin R said...

No because one has one parent and the other has 2.

Nikki Newcomb said...

No because one is a food and one is an animal.

Anonymous said...

only living things have genetics so the puppys would be the liveing not the food

Anonymous said...

No. Potatoes don't have anything passed down to them, since they just grow. Genes are passed down from your parents! So puppies get genes passed down to them. Say a boy puppy has a spot on his tail, and the mommy doggle has yellow fur. The offspring may have the spot, or the fur color.

Colby said...

I think yes because puppies are like humans in the way they work. So potatoes are still still from a living thing called a plant. Since the plants are living so arent the potatoes. some potatoes come in different sizes and shapes and colors making them just like us in a way.

Katelyn Piche said...

They are passed down in the same way because they both have genes and they both have parents.

Raven Da Wolfie said...

No I don't think so because potatoes look all the same way and its different with puppies, puppies actually have 2 parents and they either look more like the mother and possibly more of the father but its mixed with the parents faces that the puppy will look like.

Lily🐬 said...

I think they are different because they potatoes are plants and puppies are animals.

Noelle Lewis said...

No I think they are different, because a potato is food and a dog is am animal.

kolby osgood said...

i think there different because potatoes are foods and puppies are mamals

Anonymous said...

I think they could be the same because they both are alive.

Brian Wakem said...

No I don't think so because one is an animal and the other is an inanimate object

Anonymous said...

I think they are different because, a puppy is a living thing and a potato is food. #SAFTY

Riley H. said...

It is different because potatoes are vegetables and puppies are living things.

Tayte said...

They are different because potatoes don't have genes because the don't make baby's.

Anonymous said...

I think they are very different genes because, they are very different things. One is a food that is grown, and the other is an animal that lives on earth.

Anthony Mason said...

I think now

Ryan R said...

red wolves started dogs and changed over millions of years they now split into subspecies thanks to many more subspecies and potatoes simply mass produce seeds plants have two gender male and female like us but in one organism

Anonymous said...

they are both difrent

shawn Rebel said...

one has only one jean the other has two jeans

Anonymous said...

because one has one parent and one has two

Anonymous said...

I think they are very much different genes, because they are very different things. One is a food that is grown, and one is an animal that lives on earth.

Anonymous said...

it is diferent cause the puppy is a living thing and a potato is just something growned out of the grown

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Anonymous said...

No it is not because their is a difference between plants and animal genes

alanah.t :P said...

I think that they are passed on in a different way, seeing as one is a plant, and it has a different reproductive process than a puppie, besides, one is an animal, and one is a plant.

Anonymous said...

I think no because the puppies have a different way of doing things. Potato's are food and the energy and everything in it go a certain way which is different I think.

Bailey said...

no because potatoes are seeds and puppys are made through the male having sexual intercourse with the female.

Anonymous said...

I think they come from different genes. I think this because a dog is living and a potato comes from a seed that gets planted in the ground.

Anonymous said...

I think they could be different because a potato is a food

Anonymous said...

They are different genes because A potato is a food that is grown and puppy is an animal that is born.

Anonymous said...

they are different because puppys are living things and potatoes are food

Anonymous said...

no, because potatoes pass on genes through seeds and dogs do it through ummm mating

Anonymous said...

No because potatoes are a starchy food and puppies are mammals

lukas said...

i think no becuase one is alive and one is from a seed

Anonymous said...

No because puppies come from sexual reproduction and potatoes get planted from seeds.

adam said...

No I don't think so. If you stick a part of a puppy in the ground you get wolves. If you stick a potato in the ground you get another potato.

Anonymous said...

cloning

Anonymous said...

Potato One parent and one pair of genes. Puppies Two parents two pairs of genes.

Anonymous said...

Mitosis: One cell splits and becomes two same genes single parent.
Meiosis: Two haploid cells combine to form a new organism. Different genes combine two parent cells

Anonymous said...

Potato is only came from one cell. Puppies come from two cells.

Anonymous said...

ones two ones one

Madison D said...

Potato One parent 1 gene Puppies 2 parents two genes