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Father of modern genetics

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Gregor Mendel (austrian monk)

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What did gregor mendel do?

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  1. Bred garden peas to study patterns of heredity

2. Statistically analyzed hundreds of plants across many generations

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What did gregor mendel do?

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  1. Bred garden peas to study patterns of heredity

2. Statistically analyzed hundreds of plants across many generations

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Mendel’s work produced which laws:

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Law of dominance, law of segregation, and law of independent assortment

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Probability

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likelihood a particular event will occur but it can’t predict whether event will actually occur

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If sample is large enough

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can predict an average outcome

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Law of Dominance

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This law states that when two organisms, homozygous (pure) for 2 opposing traits are crossed, the offspring will be hybrid (carry 2 diff alleles) but will exhibit only the dominant trait

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Hidden trait is the

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recessive one

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Law of Segregation

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State that during the formation of gametes, the 2 traits carried by each parent separate

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Monohybrid cross

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a cross between 2 organisms that are each hybrid for a single trait

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Monohybrid cross percentages

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The genotype (types of genes) ratio is 25% homozygous dominant (TT) to 50% heterozygous (Tt) to 25% homozygous recessive (tt) or 1 : 2: 1.

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Backcross or Testcross

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a way to determine whether an individual plant or animal showing the dominant trait is homozygous dominant (BB) or heterozygous (Bb)

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Backcross/Testcross Step 1

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  1. To determine genotype, an individual of the unknown genotype (B_) is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual (bb)
    The genotype B_ means that oen allele is dominant (B) but the other is uncertain, B/B or B/b
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Backcross/Testcross Step 2

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  1. If the individual being tested is homozygous dominant (BB) → all offspring of the test cross will show the dominant trait and have a hybrid (Bb) genotype
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Backcross/Testcross Step 4

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  1. If the individual being test is actually hybrid (Bb), we can expect that ½ of the offspring, or at least 1 individual, will show the recessive trait
    Therefore, if any offspring show the recessive trait, the parent of unknown genotype must be hybrid
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Law of Independent Assortment

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This law states that during gamete formation, the genes for one trait (such as height, T or t) are not inherited along with the genes for another trait (such as seed color, Y or y )

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What does the law of independent assortment apply to?

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This applies when a cross is carried out between 2 individuals that are hybrid for 2 traits on separate chromosomes

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What factor determines how alleles are inherited?

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how the homologous pair ( in this case TY and ty) happen to line up in metaphase of meiosis I, which is a random event

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Crossing Tt Yy x Tt Yy is called

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a dihybrid cross because it is a cross between individuals that are hybrid for 2 different traits

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A dihybrid cross can produce

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4 diff types of gametes TY, Ty, tY, and ty

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Incomplete Dominance

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characterized by blending

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Examples of incomplete dominance

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  1. A long watermelon (LL) crossed with a round watermelon (RR) produces all oval watermelons (RL)
  2. A black animal (BB) crossed with a white (WW) animal produces all gray (BW) animals
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(In incomplete dominance) Since neither trait is dominant,

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the convention for writing the genes uses different capital letters

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Codominance

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both traits show

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Example of codominance

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the MN blood group in humans ( not related to ABO blood group)

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3 Diff blood groups: M, N, MN

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these groups are based on 2 distinct molecules located on the surface of the red blood cells.

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A person can be

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1) homozygous for 1 type of molecule ((MM), homozygous for the other (NN), or be hybrid and have both molecules (MN) on the surface of their red blood cells.

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MN gentoype is not intermediate between M and N,

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both M and N are fully expressed on the surface of red blood cells

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Multiple Alleles

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Most genes in a population exist in only 2 allelic forms (ex. Pea plants can either be tall (T) or dwarf (t))

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Example of Multiple Allele

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in humans there are 4 diff blood groups depending on the presence of specific molecules on the surface of RBCs: A, B, AB, AND O

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Four diff blood types determined by

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3 alleles A, B, AND O.

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A and B are codominant and are often written as

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I ^A and I^ B ( i stands for immunoglobulin).

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When both alleles are present (A/B), they are both expressed

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and the person has AB blood type

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O is a

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recessive trait often written as i

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Blood Type: A

Genotype: homozygous A:

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AA

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Blood Type: A

Genotype: hybrid A:

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Ai

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Blood Type: B

Genotype: homozygous B:

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BB

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Blood Type: B

Genotype: hybrid B:

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Bi

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Blood Type: AB

Genotype: heterozygous:

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AB

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Blood Type: O

Genotype: homozygous O:

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ii

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A person can have any one of the

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6 blood genotypes

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Polygenic Inheritance

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Height and other similar features are controlled by not just one gene but multiple genes that each make a small contribution to the overall outcome

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Many characteristics such as skin color, hair color, and height result from a

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blending of several separate genes that vary along a continuum , they are controlled by several genes

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Sex-Linked Genes

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Traits carried on the X chromosome are called sex-linked

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Females inherit

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two copies of sex-linked genes (XX)

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If a sex-linked trait is due to a recessive mutation, a female will

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express the phenotype only if she carries 2 mutated genes (X-, X-)

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If she carries only one mutated X-linked gene

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she will be a carrier (X-X)

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Males (XY) only inherit

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one X-linked gene

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If the male inherits a mutated X-linked gene (X-Y),

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he will express the gene

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There are dominant sex-linked traits

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but recessive ones are much more common

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Who suffers with sex-linked traits more?

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females more than males

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Common examples of recessive sex-linked traits

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color blindness and hemophilia

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Who are the carriers?

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All daughters of affected fathers

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Sons cant inherit a sex-linked trait from the father because

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the son inherits the Y chromosome from the father

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What is the chance a son inherits a sex-linked trait from a carrier mother?

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50%

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What is the carrier state for X-linked traits in males?

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there is no carrier state

if a male has the gene, he will express it

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It is uncommon for a female to express a sex-linked condition because

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in order to be affected, she must have inherited a mutant gene from both parents

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In sex-linked inheritance, the father

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passes the trait to his daughters only

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What can alter the expression of genes?

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the environment

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In fruit flies, the expression of the mutation for vestigial wings (short, shriveled wings)

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can be altered by temperature

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When raised in a hot environment, fruit flies that are

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homozygous recessive for vestigial wings can grows almost as long as normal wings

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For humans, the development of intelligence is the result of

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an interaction of genetic predispositions and the influence of the environment

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Inheritance can be influenced by the

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sex of the individual carrying the traits.

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Pattern of baldness in males is not

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sex-linked but rather sex-influenced

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Males and females express the gene for pattern baldness

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differently

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Karyotype

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Type of lab procedure that analyzes the size, shape, and number of chromosomes

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When do specialists prepare and photograph chromosomes for karyotypes?

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during metaphase of mitosis when they are fully condensed

67
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In human chromosomes

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44 (22 pairs) autosomes and 2 sex chromosomes

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Pedigree

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A family tree that indicates the phenotype of 1 trait being studied for every member of a family

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Why do geneticists use pedigrees?

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to determine how a specific trait is inherited

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Pedigrees
Female:
Male:

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circle

square

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Carrier state in pedigrees

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Carrier state is not always shown

-if it is, it is sometimes represented by a half-shaded in shape

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A shape completely shaded in if a

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person exhibits the trait

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Mutations

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Any abnormality in the genome → can occur in somatic (body) cells and be responsible for the spontaneous development of cancer

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Mutations can also occur

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during gametogenesis in germ cells and affect future offspring

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When and where mutations occur is

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random

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2 Types of mutations

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Gene and Chromosome

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Gene Mutations

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caused by change in DNA sequence.

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Chromosome mutations

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can be observed under a light microscope.
A chromosome may sustain a deletion or an addition or a cell may have an entirely extra chromosome, which results from nondisjunction

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Nondisjunction

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An error that sometimes happens during meiosis in which homologous chromosomes fail to separate as they should

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When nondisjunction occurs

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1 gamete receives 2 homologues, while the other gamete recipes none → remaining chromosomes may be unaffected and normal

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If either of these abnormal gametes unties with a normal gamete during fertilization

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the resulting zygote will have an abnormal number of chromosomes

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Any abnormal chromosome condition is known as

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aneuploidy

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trisomy

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If the chromosome is present in triplicate

84
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Down syndrome

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3 #21 chromosomes →trisomy-21

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Triploid (3n)

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An organism in which the cells have an extra set of chromosomes

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Examples of triploid

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The cells of endosperm or cotyledon of a seed are triploid

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Polyploid

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An organism with more than 3 sets of chromosomes

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Why do scientists breed plants to be polyploid?

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because they will produce abnormally large flowers and fruit

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Human-Inherited Disorders

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Can either be caused by a gene or chromosome mutation

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Human-Inherited Disorders

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Can either be caused by a gene or chromosome mutation

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Gene mutations are not

Chromosomal mutations can be assessed by

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visible under a microscope

doing karyotypes

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Karyotypes are usually carried out on

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cells from a developing fetus to scan for chromosomal abnormalities such as trisomy-21

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Chromosomal aberrations (abnormalities) include:

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deletion, inversion, translocation, polyploidy, nondisjunction

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Deletion

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fragment lacking a centromere is lost during cell division

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Inversion

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a chromosomal fragment reattaches to its original chromosome but in reverse orientation

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Translocation

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fragment of a chromosome becomes attached to a nonhomologous chromosome

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Polyploidy

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cell or organisms has extra sets of chromosomes

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Nondisjunction

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homologous chromosomes fail to separate during meiosis

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