Chapter 2 Patterns of inheritance Flashcards
Definition of genotype?
Genetic makeup of an organism
Definition of phenotype?
Visible characteristic of an organism
Genome definition?
Total DNA content of a cell or an individual organism
What is meant by polygenic?
Determined by several genes
What are some physical mutagenic agents?
- X-rays
- Gamma rays
- UV light
What are some chemical mutagenic agents?
- Nitrous acid
- Mustard gas
- benzopyrene (tobacco smoke)
What are some biological mutagenic agents?
- Some viruses
- Transposons (remnants of viral nucleic acid)
- Food contaminants such as mycotoxins from fungi
What are the 5 types of chromosome mutations that occur during meiosis?
- deletion
- inversion
- translocation
- duplication
- non-disjunction
What is the chromosome mutation inversion?
A section of a chromosome breaks off, turns 180 degrees and join again. Some genes may be too far away from their regulatory nucleotide sequences to be properly expressed
What is the chromosome mutation deletion?
Deletion - part of a chromosome (containing genes and regulatory sequences) is lost
What is the chromosome mutation translocation?
A piece of one chromosome breaks off and become attached to another chromosome.
What is the chromosome mutation duplication?
A piece of a chromosome may be duplicated. Too many of certain proteins may disrupt metabolism
What is the chromosome mutation non-disjunction?
One pair of chromosomes/ chromatids fails to separate, leaving one gamete with an extra chromosome.
What is meant by aneuploidy?
When a chromosome number is not an exact multiple of the haploid number for that organism (e.g. trisomy).
What is meant by polyploidy?
When a diploid gamete is fertilised by a haploid gamete or 2 diploid gametes are fused, resulting in more than 2 sets of chromosomes.
What does genetic variation result from during meiosis?
- Allele shuffling during crossing over in prophase 1 (swapping of alleles between non-sister chromatids)
- Independent assortment of chromosomes during metaphase 1/ anaphase 1
- Independent assortment of chromatids during metaphase 2/ anaphase 2
What is meant by monogenic?
Determined by a single gene
What is meant by dihybrid?
Involving 2 gene loci
What is an allele?
Different versions of the same gene
What is co-domidance?
Where both alleles present in the genotype of a heterozygous individual contribute to the individual’s phenotype
What are some examples of codominance?
- ABO blood group (phenotypes - A,B,AB,O, where A and B are codominant and O is recessive)
- Coat colour in rabbits
- Sickle-cell anaemia (codominant if type of haemoglobin is the phenotype)
- Flower colour
What are some examples of multiple alleles?
- ABO blood group
- coat colour in rabbits
What are autosomal chromosomes?
All chromosomes except sex chromosomes
How many genes does the X chromosome carry?
1000
What are some examples of sex-linked characteristics?
- Haemophilia A (blood is unable to clot)
- Red-green colour blindness
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
What is autosomal linkage?
Two genes are located on the same autosome and are more likely to be inherited together because they are less likely to be separated during crossing over.