4/22/24 - Lecture 13: Inheritance I: Mendelian Genetics Flashcards
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Blending model and problems
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Traits appear to blend in offspring
Problem: eventually, the population should become phenotypically uniform
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Central dogma
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DNA -> RNA -> protein
3
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Gene
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A stretch of DNA that codes for a particular protein
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Allele
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A different form of a gene
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Locus
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The actual location of a gene in a chromosome
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Mendel’s law of segregation
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When any individual produces gametes, the two copies of that gene separate so only one copy goes to each gamete (haploid)
