GENETICS Lecture 7a+7b Flashcards
THE FOUNDER OF GENETICS?
Gregor mendel(1822-1884)
What is genetics?
branch of biology concerned with heredity and variation of inherited characteristics.
who is the father of medicine and what was his idea of genetics?
HIPPOCRATES (500-400b.c)
Pan genesis- particles called pangenes travel from each part of an organism’s body to the egg/sperm, and are then passed to the offspring.
what was Aristotle’s perspective about Hippocrates Pan genesis?
rather than the particles of the organs itself, the formers inherited characteristics were formed from blood.
According to Aristotle, Blood’s __________ had the capacity to produce offspring of the same form, not because it already contained all parts in miniature.
VITAL HEAT
What is the “Theory of Epigenesis” and who proposed it?
WILLIAM HARVEY (1578-1657),ENGLISH ANATOMIST
An organism is derived from substances present in the egg, which differentiate into adult structure during embryonic development.
What is the “Atomic theory” and who proposed it?
JOHN DALTON 1808
All matter is composed of small invisible units called atoms.
What is “Germ(cel) Theory” and who proposed it?
LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895)
All organism are composed of basic visible units called cells, which are derived from pre-existing cells.
What is the “FIXITY OF SPECIES” and who proposed it?
CAROLUS LINNAEUS (1707-1778)
member of species can only give rise to other member of species, thus implying that all species are independently created.
What do u mean by “The inheritance of acquired characteristics” and who proposed it?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829)
that traits acquired by an organism during its lifetime can be passed on to its offspring..
What the “the theory of origin of species” and who proposed it?
CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882)
EVOLUTION-Descent with modification
-Species change over time, give rise to new species and share a common ancestor.
what is the “Blending theory of Inheritance”?
Hereditary traits blend evenly in offspring, through mixing of the parent’s blood.
Offspring inherits the average of the parent’s characteristic value.
when did Gregor experimented with garden peas?
1860s
what were characters and traits for Mendel?
CHARACTER-variety of heritable characteristics-seed shape, flower colour
TRAITS-variation in a character-purple flower, white flower
what did Mendel establish about genes?
Characters are passed into offspring in the form of discrete hereditary factors, known as genes.
the principle of inheritance were first demonstrated by ______.
Gregor Johann Mendel
-1st scientist to effectively apply quantitive methods to the study of inheritance.
Two major discoveries of Mendel?
-PRINCIPLE OF SEGREGATION
-PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
WHAT ARE ALLELES?
alternative form of genes, which may have diff DNA sequence and may produce diff traits of a same character(white or purple flower)
DIPLOID?
Organism with 2 copy of each chromosomes
the two alleles of a gene in a diploid individual maybe ______ or ________.
identical or different
Mendel called the masking effect as ______.
Dominance
what 3 hypothesis are supported by Mendel’s crossed?
-one factor for each parent.
-one is dominant over the other.
-gene segregate,enter gametes singly.
NAME THE PRINCIPLES OF MENDEL FOR CHOOSING PEA PLANT FOR HIS EXPERIMENT?
-easily cultivated in garden
-many varieties- distinguishable traits
-diploid
-self pollinated in nature
-can be cross pollinated by hands, both self and cross pollination possible
PHENOTYPE?
Physical appearance of an organism-traits-appearance, development, biochemical and psychological properties, behaviour
GENOTYPE?
Genetic makeup of an organism
name the 3 factors that determining phenotype?
-Genotype
-epigenetic factors
-non- inherited environmentaal factors
Experiments to determine the pattern of inheritance of single traits are known as _____________.
MONOHYBRID CROSS
Varieties with the traits chosen by Mendel had _________.
True-breeding lines
Define true breeding line?
AKA pure breeding
when self fertilized, pass traits from one generation to another with little to no variation.
define cross(hybridization)?
cross fertilization of 2 diff species
Hybrid?
offspring of ParentS “P” of 2 diff species
F1 generation?
offspring resulting from cross of parents
F1- first filial generation
F2 generation?
next gen (offspring) of plants from self pollination of F1*F1
what was the observation of Mendel in a MONOHYBRID CROSS for flower color?
1.no blending observed in F1
2.produced both purple and white-3:1
what were the propositions made my Mendel after observing all 7 traits of pea plants?
-for each trait their is a pair(alleles) of heritable factor (genes) in each parent.
-gamete formation- 2 factors of trait separate - 1 is passed onto a gamete.
-during fertilization, each parent contributes 1 factor for a trait-offspring (pair of factors)
-cross b/w individual with diff traits of a pair-both present, one masked by other
Homozygous?
true breeding - 2 identical allele- PP or pp.
Heterozygous?
diff allele for given characteristic- Pp
Hemizygous?
condition in which only 1 copy of a gene or DNA sequence present in a diploid cell.
what is a Punnett square and whom is it named after?
A tool to predict the probability of possible genotypes of offspring.
-“REGINALD CRUNDALL PUNNETT”-1875-1967 British biologist/geneticist
Test cross?
cross of an individual with unknown genotype(either heterozygous or homozygous)for a particular characteristic with a homozygous recessive individual for the same charcteristic.
What is Mendel’s first law?
LAW OF SEGREGATION
When any individual produces gametes, the alleles seperate so that each pair of gamete receive only one allele.
_________ is used by geneticists as a standard test to determine whether an individual with a dominant trait is heterozygous or homozygous.
Testcross
DIHYBRID?
A zygote produced from a cross that involves 2 characters. as in seed shape and seed color
what was the reason behind Mendel performing dihybrid cross?
to see if the 2 traits of parent are passed on together on gametes or whether they segregate independtly.
In Mendel’s 2 trait passed on together, then ______ type of gametes formed on the hypothesis of linked assortment are?(YyRr)
2
YR,yr
according to hypothesis of independent assortment (2nd possibility considered by Mendel) ______ types of gametes could be formed in equal numbers?
(YyRr)
4
YR,yr,Yr,yR
1:1:1:1-PHENOTYPE
9:3:3:1-GENOTYPE