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Heredity
the transmission of traits from one generation to the next
Gregor Mendel worked in the ____.
1860s
Genes are ____.
units of information about specific traits
Alleles are a _____.
different molecular form of a gene found on homologous chromosomes
Monohybrid cross is ______.
a cross between purebred parents that differ in only one character (AA x aa) = (Aa) F1 monohybrids
(Aa x Aa) = (AA, Aa, aa) F2 monohybrids
Hybrids are _____.
the offspring of two different purebred varieties
Monohybrid cross ratio
1:2:1
Dihybrid ratio if both parents heterozygous
9:3:3:1
Phenotype >
Genotype >
Gamete >
> Tall, short
>TtRr
>TR, Tr, tR, tr
Incomplete Dominance
F1 plants will all be ____.
F2 plants will be _____ratio.
pink
1:2:1
In incomplete dom., phenotypic ratio = _______ ratio
genotypic
Incomplete Dominance in flowers means that red flower x white flower will =
pink flower
Co-dominant in flowers means that red flower x white flower =
red flower with white spots
Linked genes are inherited _____.
together
Recombinant phenotypes are from ________ _______.
crossing over
Autosomes are ____________.
homologous chromosomes found in same length (22 pairs)
Sex chromosomes are_____.
Homologous chromosomes found in different lengths (1 pair)
Dominant/recessive sex traits found in __ chromosome only
X
Autosomal Dominant Inheritance traits appear in ____ generation
every
Examples of Auto.Dom.Inheritance.
Achondroplasia (Hom.=stillbirth)
Huntingtons Disease
Glaucoma
Autosomal Dominant is ____ onset and there are no _____.
adult; carriers
Autosomal Recessive can ____ generations, parents can be ______or_____, is _____ onset.
skip
carriers or affected
early
Examples of Auto Rec.
xeroderma pigmentosum
type 1 diabetes
X-linked recessive shows in ___ more than ____, can only be inherited from ____.
M; F
Mother
Examples of X-linked rec.
baldness
colorblindness
hemophilia
musc. dystrophy
Testing for genetic disorders (3)
Carrier screening
Parental diagnosis
Preimplantation diagnosis
Parental diagnosis (4)
-Amniocentesis (cells amniotic fluid)
-Chorionic villi sampling (cells Chor. villi)
-Fetoscopy (umbilical vein)
-Fetal cell sampling (fetal cells in mothers blood)
Most changes in chromosome number are due to _______.
nondisjunction
nondisjunction occurs at__/__ and results in ___ or _____
anaphase I or II
aneuploidy or polyploidy
Nondisjx Anaphase I =
all 4 gametes affected (1 extra or 1 less) polyploidy
Nondisjx Anaphase II =
2 gametes affected, either n+1 or n-1 (aneuploidy)
Aneuploidy individuals have ___ or ____ chromosome
one extra or one less
Trisomy
a person with an extra chromosome (2n+1);
Down syndrome, Klinefelter syn., XXY
Monosomy
a person with one less chromosome (2n-1)
Turner syndrome(XO)
YO: lethal
Aneuploidy is a major cause of ______.
Human reproductive failure/miscarriages
Polyploidy
Indiv have 3 or more of each type of chromosome (3n, 4n)
Polyploidy is common in ____ and is _____ for humans
flowers; lethal
Down Syndrome- trisomy of chromosome # ____
21
Risk of Down syn. increases dramatically in mothers over ___yrs old
35
Turner syn. is inheritance of only one ___.
X - (XO)
98% of turner syn. are aborted, the survivors are ___, ____ _____.
short, infertile females
Klinefelter syndrome (XXY) results mainly from ____ in mother
nondisjx
Phenotype of XXY is ___ ____.
tall males
XXY produces males that are ____ with ____ traits.
sterile, feminized
Jacobs syndrome (XYY) produces ____ than avg males, can be ___ ____ with persistent ____.
taller
mentally impaired
acne
Duplication
ABC DEFG
one segment repeats
ABC DE{DE}FG
may repeat multiple times
ABC DE{DE}{DE}FG
Deletion
ABC DEFG
loss of segment (lethal/serious disorder)
ABC FG
Inversion
ABC DEFG
A linear stretch of DNA is reversed w/in the chrom.
ABC GFED
Translocation
ABC DEF and GH IJKLM
segment is removed from one chrom. and placed in a nonhomologous chrom.
A DEF > GH IJ{BC}KLM
Death will take place with which missing chrom?
Y
Which type of autosomal inheritance is early onset?
recessive
What type of dominance is blood?
Co-dominant
What type of dominance has a phenotypic ratio=genotypic ratio?
incomplete
What type of inheritance is Huntingtons disease?
Autosomal dominant
Nondisjx takes place during which phase?
Anaphase