7.1 Inheritance Flashcards

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Define genotype

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is the expression of an organism’s genetic constitution, combined with its interaction with the environment

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What is an allele

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different forms of a particular gene, found at the same locus (position) on a chromosome. A single gene could have many alleles.

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2
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how many alleles per gene do diploid organisms carry

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two

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what is a dominant allele

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an allele whose characteristic will always appear in the phenotype, whether one or two are present

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what is a recessive allele

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an allele whose characteristic only appears in the phenotype if no dominant allele is present, meaning two must be present

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codominant allele

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two dominant alleles that both contribute to the phenotype, either by showing a blend of both characteristics or the characteristics appearing together

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6
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homozygous

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both alleles are dominant, or both alleles are recessive

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Heterozygous

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one allele is dominant, the other is recessive

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8
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Monohybrid inheritance

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where one phenotypic characteristic is controlled by a single gene

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9
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Dihybrid inheritance

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where two phenotypic characteristics are determined by two different chromosomes at the same time

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10
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what is meant by sex linkage

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where an allele is located on one of the sex chromosomes, meaning its expression depends on the sex of the individual

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why are males more likely to express a recessive sex linked allele

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most sex- linked alleles are located on the X chromosome. Therefore males only get one copy of the allele, so will express this characteristic even if it’s recessive. Since females get two alleles, this is less likely

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Which parent do males inherit sex- linked characteristics from

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Their mother, since the Y chromosome can only come from their father.

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What is meant by autosomal linkage

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When two or more genes are located on the same (non- sex) chromosome. In this case, only homologous pair is needed for all four alleles to be present. For genes that aren’t linked, two homologous pairs are needed

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What is meant by epistasis

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Where two non- linked genes interact, with one gene either masking or suppressing the other gene

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15
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Define the two types of epistasis

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Recessive epistasis- where two homozygous recessive alleles mask expression of another allele

Dominat epistasis - where one dominant allele masks expression of multiple other alleles

16
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What is a chi- squared test

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a statistical test to find out whether the difference between observed and expected data is due to chance or a real effect

17
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What are the criteria for the chi squared test

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data placed in discrete categories

Large sample size

Only raw count data allowed

no data values equal zero

18
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How is a chi- squared test performed

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The formula results in a number, which is then compared to a critical value (for the corresponding degree of freedom)

If number greater than or equal to critical value, we conclude there is a sig difference between observed and expected data and that the results didn’t occur due to chance

19
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gene

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is a length of DNA, that is a sequence of nucleotide bases that normally code for a particular polypeptide

20
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locus

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position of gene on a particular DNA molecule

21
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allele

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Is the different forms of a gene

22
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codominance

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Is which both alleles are expressed in the phenotype

23
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Multiple alleles

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where there are more than two alleles, of which only two may present at the loci of an individual’s homologous chromosomes

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females

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male

26
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Chi squared equation

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X2 = sum of (O -E )^2 / E

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degrees of freedom

28
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characteristics are determined by

29
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In fruit flies, males have the sex chromosomes XY and the females have XX. In fruit flies, a gene for eye colour is carried on the X chromosome. The allele for red eyes, R, is dominant to the allele for white eyes, r.
(a) Male fruit flies are more likely than female fruit flies to have white eyes. Explain why.

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males have one allele

Female need two recessive alleles

females are homozygous recessive

female could have dominated and recessive alleles

30
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phenotype def

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charactertics due to genetic alleles due to the environment

31
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what is meant by codomiant allele

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both alleles expressed in the phenotype