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the branch of biology that deals with the principles of heredity and variation in all living things

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genetics

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important contributors to the field of genetics

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  1. gregor mendel (1866)
  2. hugo de vries 1901
  3. carl correns 1901
  4. erick von tshermark 1901
  5. william bateson (1906)
  6. johannsen (1909)
  7. james watson (1956)
  8. francis erick (1956)
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father of genetics;
austrian monk who conducted breeding experiments on garden peas (pisum sativum L.);
formulated his hyphothesis about inheritance of characteristics in plants;
discovered that heriditary characteristics were determined by elementary factors (called GENES)

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gregor mendel (1866)

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independenty rediscovered the works of mendel in 1901

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hugo de vries (netherlands)
carl correns (germany)
erick von tshermark (austria)

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english biologist, studies inheritance of certain characteristics of the chicken;
showed that the mendelian laws applied also in animals

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william bateson (1906)

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danish biologist, coned the term GENE to refers to the particulate factor that mendel hyphothesized as the basic unit of inheritance

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Johannsen (1909)

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two young scientists of cambridge, university of england;

hyphotesized by the chemical nature and function of the gene w/c is now iniversally accepted

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james watson and francis crick (1956)

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improvement with the performance of the animals brought about by selection assuming that the environment is favorable

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genetic improvement

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primary genetic material of all cells;

biochemical compound consisting of chain of nucleotides

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DNA deoxyribonucleic acid

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chain of nucleotides;

each nucleotides consists of phosphate (P), sugar (S) and base (B)

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polynucleotide

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threadlike structures found in the nuclei of the cell

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chromosome

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the building blocks of proteins;
specific combinations of 3 bases;
20 of w/c are normally found in proteins are referred to as esential amino acids

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amino acids

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segment of DNA w/c determines the base sequence of nucleotide in the messenger ribonucleic acid (m-RNA) that makes up the code for a certain biological function

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gene

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the mechanism of cell division by w/c the genetic and chromosome composition of a cell is faithfully reproduced in each of the daughter cells;
means of growth and replacement in multicellular organisms

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mitosis

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special kind of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms whereby the chromosomes number of the cells is reduced to half

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meiosis

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process by w/c the germinal cells divide to produce haploid cells each carrying only one-half of the genetic complement of the individual

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meiosis

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genetic materials is transmitted from parent to offspring is made possible through the reduction division of the germinal cells and subsequent union of the gametes

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meiosis

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cell, tissue, or organism that contains two genomes or chromosome set

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diploid

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cells that contain half as many chromosome as the somatic cells

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haploid

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mechanics by w/c the gene i avle to synthesize protein in the cell underlies the realationship among G, and E in the formation of phenotype (P) of the organism

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the G x E interaction

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refers to the specific combination of genes that are associated w/ particular chracteristic of indivudual;

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genotype

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totality of non-genetic factors affecting the indivudual

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environment

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the observable manifestation of a given character of an individual; this can be change but the genotype remains

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phenotype

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may be active only when they occur in pairs of alleles during the diploid phase

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gene action

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one of two or more alternative forms of a gene w/c are usually recognizable by the phenotype

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allele

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directly responsible for the synthesis of a certain biochemical products during cell metabolism

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structural genes

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control or regulate the function of other genes; may function in terms of quantity, quality or timing of the activity of certain structural genes

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regulator genes

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action of genes as they influence genotypic values (3)

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  1. additive
  2. dominance
  3. epistasis
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pair of allelic genes contribute independently to the genotypic value

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  1. additive
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corresponding trait determined by an alle w/c is manifested in the heterozygote form

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  1. dominance
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taken from the greek word w/c means “to stand upon”
interaction of between two or more genes so that one of them (epistatic gene
) interfers w/ or even inhibits the phenotypic expression of the other gene (hypostatic gene)

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  1. epistasis
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allows the flow of the genetic material from generation to generation; involves two process

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animal production

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two process of animal production

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  1. gametogenesis

2. fertilization

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process of producing reproductive cells

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  1. gametogenesis
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gametogenesis (2)

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  1. spermatogenesis

2. oogenesis

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process of differenciation of a mature sperm cell from an undifferentiated germ line cell, including meiosis;
male produces sperm cells

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  1. spermatogenesis
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process of differentiation of mature egg cell from an undifferentiated germ line cell, including meiosis;
female produces eggs

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  1. oogenesis
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mature reproductive cell capable of fusing w/ similar cell of the opposite sex to form a zygote; also called sex cell

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gamete

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male gametes of animals

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spermatozoa

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female gamete

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ovum

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the fusion of two gametes of opposite sexes to form a zygote or an embryo

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  1. fertilization
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process of segregation and recombination of genes is giverned purely by chance and that the occurrence of each new combination may be predicted according to the rules of probability

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the medelian inheritance

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states that the unit of hereditary chracters occur in pairs, and that in the information of gametes during meiosis, these separate from each other so that only one member of the pair goes into the paricular gamete;
each parent must have contributed equally to the progeny;
it is a matter of chance wheter the gamete gets the dominant or the recessive allele

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LAW OF SEGREGATION

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states that the genes for the different characters are inherited independently from each other and randomly combine during meiosis

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LAW OF INDEPENDENCE

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the medelian inheritance (2)

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  1. law of segregation

2. law of independence

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the inheritance of some characters did not follow the mendelian laws;
deviations were due to chromosomal phenomena

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non-mendelian inheritance

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measure of the tendency of some genes to be inherited as a group rather than individually because of the proximity of their loci in the chromosome

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linkage

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place at w/c particular gene resides on genetic or linkage map

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locus (plural. loci)

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carry genetic material but do not determine sex

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autosomes

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determine the sex of the individual

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sex chrosomes

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sex chromosome pair of mammal

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Male = XY
Female = XX
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sex chromosome pair of bird

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Male = ZZ
Female = ZW
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genes that are located in the sex chromosomes

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sex linked genes

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the inheritance of certain characteristics that are associated w/ one sex or the oher because the genes controlling them are located in the sex chromosomes;
the heterogametic offspring could only receive the gene from its homogametic parent while the homogametic offspring receives the allelic genes from the parents;
the distribution of the genotypes in the male and female progeny is not the same when reciprocal crosses are made between pure recessive and dominant genotypes

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sex linkage

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non-nuclear inheritance (2)

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  1. cytoplasmic inheritance

2. maternal influence

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occurs in plants; chlorophyll - bearing plastids are carried in the cytoplasm;
rare in animals;
there are some evidences it is affecting milk production may be present in cattle

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  1. cytoplasmic inheritance
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other than the genetic materials in the chromosomes and the possibility that there may be genetic materials in the cytoplasm, the mother could further influence the characteristics of her offspring because of the material care she provides to her young;
forms part of the total environment of the individual

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  1. maternal influence
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the totality of the genes that could potentially be trasnmitted by individuals in a population to the next generation

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gene pool

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group of individuals sharing a common gene pool;
community of sexually interbreeding or potentially interbreeding individuals;
characterized by the frequencies in w/c the genes and genotypes occur in them

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population

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state when no chage may occur;

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equilibrium population

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stating that in an indefinitely large population undergoing random mating, the gene and genotypic frequencies will remain constant from the generation to generation provided that there are no selection, migration, and mutation.

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hardy-weinberg equilibrium

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who formulated hardy-weinberg equilibrium principle

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formulated independently by british mathematician hardy and german physician weinberg in 1908

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factors affecting the genetic compisition of a population: (4)

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  1. selection
  2. migration
  3. mutation
  4. non-random mating
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process in w/c certain genotypes contribute more progeny in the next generation than other genotypes

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selection

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process in w/c individuals from one population transfer to another population;
change in genetic composition in the host population after migration is directly proportional to the 2 factors.

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migration

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factors in the chnage in genetic composition (2)

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  1. the number of migrants in proportion to that of the resulting population after migration
  2. the difference in the gene frequencies between the migrants and the natives
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spontaneous change in the biochemical structure of the gene resulting in an entirely different phenotypic effect;
if it occurs in the somatic cells (as in the cancer), it is not heritable;
if it occurs in the germinal cells, then it could be transmitted to the next generation.

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mutation

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occurs when some individuals do not have the same clhances of mating w/ individuals of the opposite sex;
only changes the genotypic frequency in the population

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non-random mating

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important forms of non-random mating (3)

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  1. assortative
  2. disassortative matings
  3. inbreeding
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individuals that are more phenotypically similar tend to mate more often;
tend to drive the population toward homozygous

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  1. assortative
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individuals w/c are less phenotypically similar tend to mate more other together than would be expected by chance;
tend to maintain the production of more heterozygotes at the expense of homozygotes

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  1. disassortative matings
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individuals that are related by descent tend to mate more often than under random mating; also tend to drive the population towards the increase in the frequency of homozygotes

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  1. inbreeding
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sex dimorphism in mammals where only the mating between XX and XY genotypes is successful

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complete disassortative matings

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record of an individual’s ancestors related to it through its parents;
ancestral relationships among individuals of a family over two or more generations

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pedigree

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