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Heredity (inheritance)

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The transmission of traits from one generation to the next

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Genetics

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Scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation

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Genes

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Coded information in the form of hereditary units

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Gametes

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Reproductive cells (vehicles that transmit genes from one generation to the next)

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Somatic cells

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All cells of the body, except the gametes and their precursors

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Locus

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A gene’s specific location along the length of a chromosome

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Genome

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Genetic endowment

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Asexual reproduction

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A single individual is the sole parent and passes copies of all its genes to its offspring without the fusion of gametes

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The genomes of offsprings in asexual reproduction

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Is virtually exact copies of the parent’s genome

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Clone

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An individual that reproduces asexually gives rise to a clone, a group of genetically identical individuals

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Changes occur in asexually reproducing organisms as a result of

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Mutations

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Sexual reproduction

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Two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from the two parents

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Life cycle

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Generation to generation sequence of stages in the reproductive history of an organism, from conception to production of its own offspring

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In humans, somatic cells have

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46 chromosomes

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Karyotype

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When images of chromosomes are arranged in pairs, starting with the longest chromosomes
Resulting, ordered display

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Homologos chromosomes (homologs)

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Two chromosomes of a pair have the same length, centromere position, and staining pattern
Both chromosomes of each pair carry genes controlling the same inherited characters

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Sex chromosomes

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The X and Y chromosomes

They determine an individual’s sex

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Autosomes

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All other chromosomes other than sex chromosomes

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Our 46 chromosomes are from

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Two sets of 23 chromosomes
Maternal set (23) and paternal set (23)
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The number of chromosomes in a single cell set is represented by

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n

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Diploid cell

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Any cell with two chromosome sets (2n)

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Gametes contain

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A single set of chromosomes

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Haploid cell

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Single set of chromosomes (half) (n)

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Fertilization

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When a haploid sperm from the father fuses with a haploid egg from the mother
Culminating in fusion of their nuclei

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Zygote
Fertilized egg
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A zygote is a
Diploid because it contains two haploid sets of chromosomes with genes representing the maternal and paternal family lines
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The only cells not produced by mitosis are
Gametes, which develop from specialized cells called germ cells in the gonads (ovaries and testes)
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Meiosis
A type of cell division Happens in sexually reproducing organisms Gamete formation Reduces the number of sets of chromosomes from two to one in the gametes Counterbalances the doubling that occurs in fertilization
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After fertilization, the diploid zygote
Divides by mitosis, producing a multicellular organism that is a diploid
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Alternation of generations
Plants and some species exhibit this Second type of life cycle Includes both diploid and haploid stages that are multicellular
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Multicellular diploid stage
Sporophyte
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Meiosis in the sporophyte produces haploid cells called
Spores
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Unlike a gamete, a haploid spore doesn't fuse with another cell but divides mitotically, generating a multicellular haploid stage called
Gametophyte | Cells of this give rise to gametes by mitosis
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Sporophyte generation produces a gametophyte as its offspring, and
The gametophyte generation produces the next sporophyte generation
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Third type of life cycle
After gametes fuse and form a diploid zygote, meiosis occurs without a multicellular diploid offspring developing Meiosis produces not gametes but haploid cells that then divide by mitosis and give rise to either unicellular descendants of a haploid multicellular organism
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Either haploid or diploid cells can
Divide by mitosis, depending on the type of life cycle
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Only diploid cells can
Undergo meiosis, because haploid cells have only a single set of chromosomes that cannot be further reduced
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Divisions of meiosis
Meiosis I and Meiosis II | Result in 4 daughter cells, each with only half as many chromosomes as the parent cell
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Sister chromatids
Two copies of one chromosome
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Sister chromatids make up
Sister chromatid cohesion
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The two chromosomes of a homologous pair are
Individual chromosomes that were inherited from different parents
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Different versions of a gene
Allele
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After interphase, the chromosomes have been duplicated and the sister chromatids are held together by proteins called
Cohesions
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Each gene on one homolog is aligned precisely with
The corresponding gene on the other homolog
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The DNA of two non sister chromatids (one maternal, one paternal) is broken by
Specific proteins at precisely corresponding points
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Synaptonemal complex
Zipper like structure | Holds one homolog tightly to the other
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Synapsis
The DNA breaks are closed up so that each broken end is joined to the corresponding segment of the nonsister chromatid
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A paternal chromatid is joined to a piece of maternal chromatid beyond
The crossover point, and vice versa
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Meiosis reduces
The number of chromosome sets from two (diploid) to one (haploid), whereas mitosis conserves the number of chromosome sets
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Meiosis produces cells that
Differ genetically from their parent cell and from each other
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Mitosis produces cells that
Are genetically identical to their parent cell and each other
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Events during meiosis I
1. Synapsis and crossing over 2. Homologous pairs at the metaphase plate 3. Separation of homologs
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1. Synapsis and crossing over
During prophase I, duplicated homologs pair up and crossing over occurs Do not occur during prophase of mitosis
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2. Homologous pairs at the metaphase plate
At metaphase I of meiosis, chromosomes are positioned at the metaphase plate as pairs of homologs, rather than individual chromosomes, as in metaphase of mitosis
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3. Separation of homologs
At anaphase I of meiosis, the duplicated chromosomes of each homologous pair move toward opposite poles, but the sister chromatids of each duplicated chromosome remain attached. In anaphase of mitosis, sister chromatids separate
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Sister chromatids stay together due to
Sister chromatid cohesion, mediated by cohesion proteins
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Chiasmata hold
Homologs together as the spindle forms for the first meiotic division
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At the onset of anaphase I, the release of cohesion along sister chromatid
Arms allows homologs to separate
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At anaphase II, the release of sister chromatid cohesion at the
Centromeres allows the sister chromatids to separate
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Meiosis I is the
Reductional division because it reduces the number of chromosome sets from two to one
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Three mechanisms contribute to the genetic variation arising from sexual reproduction
Independent assortment of chromosomes Crossing over Random fertilization
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Independent assortment of chromosomes`
Each homologous pair may orient with either its maternal or paternal homolog closer to a given pole
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Independent assortment
Because each pair of homologous chromosomes is positioned independently of the other parts of metaphase I, the first meiotic division results in each pair sorting its maternal and paternal homologs into daughter cells independently of every other pair
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Each daughter cell represents
One outcome of all possible combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes
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Crossing over
Produces recombinant chromosomes -- individual chromosomes that carry genes derived from two different parents
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During meiosis, each of us produces a collection of gametes differing greatly in
Their combinations of chromosomes we inherited from our two parents
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Crossing over produces
Chromosomes with new combinations of maternal and paternal alleles
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Random fertilization
Adds to the genetic variation arising from meiosis
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Natural selection results in
The accumulation of genetic variations favored by the environment

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