15.1 Flashcards

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1
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Name 3 disorder that are caused by the recessive allele on the x chromosome in humans?

A

Color blindness, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and Hemophilia

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2
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Barr Body

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Inactive X condensed

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3
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If a female is heterozygous for a particular gene locates on the X chromosome, she will be ___ for that character

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Mosaic

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4
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___ genes tend to be inherited together because they are located near each other on the same chromosome

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Linked

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5
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Morgan found that body color and wing size are usually inherited together in _____ _____?

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Specific combinations or parental phenotypes

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Genes do not sort ____ and reasoned that they were on the same chromosome

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Independently

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7
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Genetic recombination

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Offspring produced that have different combination of traits than parents

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Parental types

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Offspring with a phenotype matching one of the parental phenotypes

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Recombinant types/recombinants

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Offspring with non parental phenotypes (new combinations of traits)

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Cross over

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Breaks down process when physical connection btw genes on same chromosome (homologous chromosomes)

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11
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Recombinant chromosomes

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Bring alleles together in new combinations in gametes

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12
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Random fertilization

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Increases even further in the number of variant combinations that can be produced

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13
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Natural selection

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Abundance of genetic variation is the raw material

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14
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Genetic map

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An ordered list of the genetic loci along a particular chromosome

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15
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Father apart genes are…

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The more likely to crossover

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16
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Linkage map

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Genetic map of chromosomes based on recombination frequencies