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Hereditary

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the passing of traits from parent to offspring

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Genetics

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branch of biology that studies the ways in which hereditary info is passed from parents to offspring

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Gregor Mendel

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monk who began the study of hereditary by carrying out experiments using pea plants

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Why were peas useful to study?

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Several traits of the peas only existed in two forms, mating can be easily controlled, and peas grow easily/mature fast/produce many offspring

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Why can pea mating be easily controlled?

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The female and male parts are enclosed within the same flower

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How do flowers (peas) fertilize?

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Either self fertilize or cross pollination

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what is cross pollination?

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transferring the pollen from one plant to another flower on a different plant

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monohybrid cross

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studies inheritance of only one pair of contrasting traits

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What did Mendel begin his experiments by using?

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a monohybrid cross

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True breeding plant

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Only produces offspring of the same type

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What did Mendel do to ensure that each plant was true breeding?

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He allowed each plant to self pollinate for several generations

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What is the P generation?

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The parental generation, or the true breeding plants that produce more of themselves

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What was the F1 generation?

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The first filial generation

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What did the F1 generation result from?

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Cross pollination of the two, different, P generation plants (by Mendel)

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What happened to the F1 generation?

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They were allowed to self pollinate, resulting in the F2 generation

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What were Mendel’s results with the F1 generation?

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They all had only one trait. In this example, all the flowers were purple-the white trait had disappeared.

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What were Mendel’s results with the F2 generation?

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The missing trait had reappeared. (705 purple:224 white) (3.15:1)

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What did Mendel’s experiment prove instead?

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Peas (and humans) have separate heritable factors for each trait, one from each parent.

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What did Mendel disprove with his experiments?

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Scientific belief that an offspring’s traits were a blend of the parents.

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What are the separate heritable factors for each trait called?

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Genes.

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How many copies of a gene does an individual have, and where do they get them according to Mendel’s Hypotheses?

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An individual has two copies of every gene, one from each parent

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What are alleles?

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Alternative versions/copies of the same gene

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What is the example of an allele in relation to Mendel’s experiment?

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Purple vs white flowers

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What happens when there are two different alleles in an organism?

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Only one will be expressed

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What is a dominant allele?

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Observable/expressed

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What is a recessive allele?

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Trait that isn’t expressed in presence of dominant

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Which alleles (dominant v. recessive) were present in Mendel’s experiments?

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One dominant, one recessive

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Did Mendel’s hypotheses include alleles and dominance?

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Yes

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Gametes formed by meiosis have how many alleles for each trait? Was this mentioned in Mendel’s experiments?

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Only one, and yes

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What happens to the alleles when gametes unite in fertilization?

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Each gamete contributes one allele, their allele

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How are dominant alleles represented?

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Write the first letter of trait as capital

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How are recessive alleles represented?

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First letter of dominant trait, but lowercase

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Homozygous

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Individuals that have two alleles for the same trait

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Heterozygous

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Individuals that have two different alleles

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Which allele is expressed in heterozygous individuals?

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Dominant

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Phenotype

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Appearance

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Genotype

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Alleles an individual has

38
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What is the law of segregation?

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Two alleles separate from one another when gametes are formed

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What does the law of segregation explain?

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the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis

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What are the laws of heredity?

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The law of segregation, law of independent assortment

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What did Mendel do after studying monohybrid crosses

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He investigated whether the inheritance of one trait (like flower color) affected inheritance of a different trait (like plant height)

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How did Mendel investigate whether inheritance of certain traits were linked?

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He experimented with dihybrid crosses

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What are dihybrid crosses?

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Crosses that consider 2 pairs of contrasting traits

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What is the law of independent assortment?

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The inheritance of one trait does not influence others bc the alleles of different genes separate independently from one another during gamete formation

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Test cross

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an individual whose phenotype is dominant but genotype is unknown is crossed w/ a homozygous recessive individual

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Why would one use a test cross?

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To know whether an organism w/ a dominant phenotype is heterozygous or homozygous for a trait

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How do the results of a test cross exemplify the answer?

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If all offspring exhibit this dominant phenotype, the genotype must be homozygous for that allele. If half offspring exhibit both phenotypes, it must be heterozygous.

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Incomplete dominance

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The inheritance of a dominant trait and a recessive trait results in a blending of traits that isn’t exactly like either parent

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Codominance

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two dominant traits, both visible

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How is codominance often represented?

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Capital letters w/ superscripts

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How is codominance found in humans?

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Blood type-AB

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Multiple Alleles

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more than 2 possible alleles for a certain trait (individual only inherits two possibilities)

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Multiple Alleles-blood type

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3 different alleles for blood, a, b, and o, but you can only have 2

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What do the A and B alleles code for?

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the presence of certain markers on the surface of red blood cells

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What does the O allele code for?

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No markers

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Which blood type alleles are dominant?

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A, B

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Which blood type alleles are recessive?

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O

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How does AB phenotype occur?

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If both A and B alleles are present, since they’re codominant

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Setting up Punnett Square-dihybrid crosses

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  1. determine genotype of parents
  2. determine possible gametes
  3. write these gametes on the top and left of a 16sq punnett square
  4. complete the punnett square
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What is an autosome?

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A non-sex chromosome

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Autosomal trait

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A trait located on an autosome

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Sex-linked/X-linked trait

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trait whose allele is located on the X chromosome

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Will a male who carries the recessive allele on his X chromosome exhibit the condition?

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Yes, bc he only has one X

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Will a female who carries the recessive allele on one of her chromosome exhibit the condition?

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No, only if it is on both X chromosomes. Otherwise, she will just carry it.

65
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How can you learn about the chances of passing down a trait within your own family?

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A pedigree

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Pedigree

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family history constructed by geneticists that shows how a trait is inherited over several generations

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In what case might a pedigree be helpful?

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If the trait is a genetic disorder and the family members want to know if they are carriers, or if their children can get the disorder

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How to tell by a pedigree if a trait is autosomal or sex linked?

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Sex linked usually appears in more males

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How to tell by a pedigree if a trait is dominant or recessive?

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Dominance will appear in every generation (usually) while recessive can appear in one, then skip a generation, then appear in a later generation

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How to tell by a pedigree if a trait is homozygous or heterozygous?

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If the phenotype shows the dominant allele, genotype must be homozygous dominant or heterozygous. If phenotype is recessive, genotype must be homozygous recessive.

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Blood type O

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ii

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Blood type A

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IAi or IAIA

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Blood type B

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IBi or IBIB

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What is blood type AB

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IAIB

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What is dominance in blood type?

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A and B over O, codominance together

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Polygenic trait

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Trait influenced by several genes

77
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Where can polygenic traits be located?

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Same chromosome or different chromosomes

78
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Why do many different polygenic combinations occur in offspring?

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Independent assortment, crossing over

79
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What can an individual’s phenotype also depend on?

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Environmental conditions

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