GENETICS Lecture 7a+7b Flashcards

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THE FOUNDER OF GENETICS?

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Gregor mendel(1822-1884)

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What is genetics?

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branch of biology concerned with heredity and variation of inherited characteristics.

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who is the father of medicine and what was his idea of genetics?

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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.

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what was Aristotle’s perspective about Hippocrates Pan genesis?

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rather than the particles of the organs itself, the formers inherited characteristics were formed from blood.

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According to Aristotle, Blood’s __________ had the capacity to produce offspring of the same form, not because it already contained all parts in miniature.

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VITAL HEAT

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What is the “Theory of Epigenesis” and who proposed it?

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WILLIAM HARVEY (1578-1657),ENGLISH ANATOMIST

An organism is derived from substances present in the egg, which differentiate into adult structure during embryonic development.

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What is the “Atomic theory” and who proposed it?

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JOHN DALTON 1808
All matter is composed of small invisible units called atoms.

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What is “Germ(cel) Theory” and who proposed it?

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LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895)

All organism are composed of basic visible units called cells, which are derived from pre-existing cells.

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What is the “FIXITY OF SPECIES” and who proposed it?

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS (1707-1778)

member of species can only give rise to other member of species, thus implying that all species are independently created.

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What do u mean by “The inheritance of acquired characteristics” and who proposed it?

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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829)

that traits acquired by an organism during its lifetime can be passed on to its offspring..

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What the “the theory of origin of species” and who proposed it?

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CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882)

EVOLUTION-Descent with modification
-Species change over time, give rise to new species and share a common ancestor.

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what is the “Blending theory of Inheritance”?

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Hereditary traits blend evenly in offspring, through mixing of the parent’s blood.
Offspring inherits the average of the parent’s characteristic value.

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13
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when did Gregor experimented with garden peas?

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1860s

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14
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what were characters and traits for Mendel?

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CHARACTER-variety of heritable characteristics-seed shape, flower colour

TRAITS-variation in a character-purple flower, white flower

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what did Mendel establish about genes?

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Characters are passed into offspring in the form of discrete hereditary factors, known as genes.

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16
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the principle of inheritance were first demonstrated by ______.

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Gregor Johann Mendel
-1st scientist to effectively apply quantitive methods to the study of inheritance.

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17
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Two major discoveries of Mendel?

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-PRINCIPLE OF SEGREGATION
-PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT

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WHAT ARE ALLELES?

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alternative form of genes, which may have diff DNA sequence and may produce diff traits of a same character(white or purple flower)

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DIPLOID?

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Organism with 2 copy of each chromosomes

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the two alleles of a gene in a diploid individual maybe ______ or ________.

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identical or different

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21
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Mendel called the masking effect as ______.

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Dominance

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22
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what 3 hypothesis are supported by Mendel’s crossed?

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-one factor for each parent.
-one is dominant over the other.
-gene segregate,enter gametes singly.

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23
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NAME THE PRINCIPLES OF MENDEL FOR CHOOSING PEA PLANT FOR HIS EXPERIMENT?

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-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

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PHENOTYPE?

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Physical appearance of an organism-traits-appearance, development, biochemical and psychological properties, behaviour

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GENOTYPE?

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Genetic makeup of an organism

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26
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name the 3 factors that determining phenotype?

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-Genotype
-epigenetic factors
-non- inherited environmentaal factors

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27
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Experiments to determine the pattern of inheritance of single traits are known as _____________.

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MONOHYBRID CROSS

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28
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Varieties with the traits chosen by Mendel had _________.

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True-breeding lines

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29
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Define true breeding line?

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AKA pure breeding
when self fertilized, pass traits from one generation to another with little to no variation.

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30
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define cross(hybridization)?

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cross fertilization of 2 diff species

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Hybrid?

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offspring of ParentS “P” of 2 diff species

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F1 generation?

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offspring resulting from cross of parents
F1- first filial generation

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F2 generation?

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next gen (offspring) of plants from self pollination of F1*F1

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what was the observation of Mendel in a MONOHYBRID CROSS for flower color?

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1.no blending observed in F1
2.produced both purple and white-3:1

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35
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what were the propositions made my Mendel after observing all 7 traits of pea plants?

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-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

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36
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Homozygous?

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true breeding - 2 identical allele- PP or pp.

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37
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Heterozygous?

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diff allele for given characteristic- Pp

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38
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Hemizygous?

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condition in which only 1 copy of a gene or DNA sequence present in a diploid cell.

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39
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what is a Punnett square and whom is it named after?

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A tool to predict the probability of possible genotypes of offspring.
-“REGINALD CRUNDALL PUNNETT”-1875-1967 British biologist/geneticist

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Test cross?

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cross of an individual with unknown genotype(either heterozygous or homozygous)for a particular characteristic with a homozygous recessive individual for the same charcteristic.

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41
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What is Mendel’s first law?

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LAW OF SEGREGATION
When any individual produces gametes, the alleles seperate so that each pair of gamete receive only one allele.

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42
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_________ is used by geneticists as a standard test to determine whether an individual with a dominant trait is heterozygous or homozygous.

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Testcross

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DIHYBRID?

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A zygote produced from a cross that involves 2 characters. as in seed shape and seed color

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what was the reason behind Mendel performing dihybrid cross?

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to see if the 2 traits of parent are passed on together on gametes or whether they segregate independtly.

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45
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In Mendel’s 2 trait passed on together, then ______ type of gametes formed on the hypothesis of linked assortment are?(YyRr)

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2
YR,yr

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46
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according to hypothesis of independent assortment (2nd possibility considered by Mendel) ______ types of gametes could be formed in equal numbers?
(YyRr)

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4
YR,yr,Yr,yR
1:1:1:1-PHENOTYPE
9:3:3:1-GENOTYPE

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47
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Two traits segregate ______ of each other during gamete formation.

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Independent

48
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In various combinations of dihybrids traits, Mendel observed that each of 2 traits produced a ______ ratio of phenotypes in the F2 and 2 trait combination always showed a ________ ratio.

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3:1
9:3:3:1

49
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What is Mendel’s Second law?

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Law of independent assortment
-Alleles of 2 or more diff genes get sorted into gametes independently of each other

50
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Mendel’s _____ completely confirmed his hypothesis.

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Testcrosses

51
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Describe chromosome theory of inheritance?

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Sutton-Genes and their alleles are carried on a chromosome.

52
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the particular site on a chromosome at which gene is located is called the ________.

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locus

53
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Name some variation of Mendel’ principles.

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-incomplete dominance
-Co dominance
-Multiple alleles
-pleiotropy
-epistasis
-polygenic inheritance

54
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INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE?

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Occurs when the effects of recessive alleles can be detected to some extent in heterozygotes.

55
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What does incomplete dominance results in ?

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3rd phenotype-expressed phenotype is a combination of phenotypes of both alleles.
eg red+white=red, white , pink flower in F2 generation.

56
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CO DOMINANCE?

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2 diff phenotypes both make significant contributions to the appearance of third phenotype (both parental traits appear together).

57
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The ______ blood type does not affect blood transfusions and is frequently used in initial test to determine the _______ of a child.

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MN
Paternity

58
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Multiple alleles?

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Occurrence of a gene that exists as three or more alleles in a population.

59
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Pleiotropy?

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the determination of more than one character by a single gene.

60
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which protein in RBCs carry oxygen throughout the body.

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Haemoglobin

61
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Epistasis?

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interaction of multiple genes where the effect of one gene influences the expression of another gene’s phenotype.

62
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______ occurs when 2 or more diff gene loci contribute to the same phenotype.

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epistasis

63
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Polygenic inheritance?

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combined effects of multiple genes shape the observed phenotypes.
(additive effect of 2 or more diff gene loci on a single phenotype.)

64
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additive effect of 2 or more diff gene loci on a single phenotype is known as _______ and the in additive effect is known as _________.

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Additive-polygenic inheritance
in additive- epistasis

65
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skin color in humans is an example of ________ inheritance.

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polygenic

66
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how does behaviour of chromosomes during meiosis accounts for Mendel’s principle of inheritance patterns?

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1.diploid individual has 2 sets of homologous chromosomes.
2.2 chromosomes=2 alleles (same or diff) at same positions
3.each set comes from male or female
4.when any individual produce gametes-alleles separate- each gamete gets one allele from the pair

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genes are located on ___________.

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chromosomes

68
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what is a gene locus

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site on chromosome where gene is found

69
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genes can exist in 2 or more _______ alleles

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2 or more

70
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recombination of unlinked genes follow which of the Mendel’s principle ______________________?

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the chromosome basis of allele segregation, independent assortment

71
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what are linked genes?

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genes that are located close together

72
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during meiosis close localized gene tend to be ________ to a gamete

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passed together

73
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define crossing over

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the exchange of genes between homologous chromosomes, resulting in a mixture of parental characteristics in offspring during the prophase of meiosis 1.

74
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________ accounts for the recombinant gamete formation and recombines ______ genes into assortment of alleles not found in ________.

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crossing over
linked genes
parents

75
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who first demonstrated the effects of crossing over on fruit fly, ________ recombination.

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T.H. Morgan (1900s)
phenotype

76
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scientific name for fruit fly is ________

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Drosophila melanogaster

77
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during _______ of meiosis I, homologous chromosome synapse to form ________ and ______ occurs

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prophase
bivalent
crossing over occurs

78
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how to calculate recombination frequency

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recombinants/# total offspring *100

79
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use of segregation ratios to predict ____________.

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percentage of recombinants or recombinant frequencies

80
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using segregation ratios to predict ______, _____ maps could be developed to help determine the position of diff ________ on the same chromosome.

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recombinant frequencies
linkage maps
genes or loci

81
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who created the first linkage map and using what as a measurement?

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using recombinant frequency as measurement, Alfred H. Sturtevant created 1 linkage map showing 5 genes on chromosome 2 of Drosophilia.

82
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what is the unit of linkage map and what is it equivalent to?

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Map unit (mu)
equivalent to a recombinant offspring frequency of 1%

83
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the map unit is also called _______ in honour of Morgon’s discovery of ___________ and _______-.

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centimorgan (cM)
linkage and recombination

84
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what theory was confirmer by Morgan and his colleagues?

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chromosomal theory of inheritance
that genes are located on chromosomes, and the inheritance patterns of traits can be explained by the behavior of chromosomes during cell division.

85
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mendel’s theory of dominance and recessive variants could not account for _________ in observed 1:1 ratio.

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inheritance of sex

86
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what determine the sex of the chromosome?

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one of the chromosomes-sex chromosomes

87
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what about chromosome distribution in insects such as flies and grasshoppers?

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female-XX
Male-only X, Y absent—designated as XO

88
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what are the sex chromosomes in birds and fishes

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male is (XX)called ZZ
female has (XY)called ZW

89
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who determine the sex of offspring in birds and fishes?

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female with (ZW) XY chromosome, whereas male have XX (ZZ)

90
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what about sex determination in ants and bees?

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Sex is determined by chromosome number,
female develop from fertilized egg(diploid)
male develop from unfertilized egg(haploid)

91
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________ is any chromosome that is not sex chromosome.

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autosome

92
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human individuals with abnormal sex chromosomes could be physically normal but _______.

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sterile

93
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what is turner syndrome

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XO individuals-partial or complete absence of one of the X chromosomes
females, could be physically moderately abnormal
mentally normal
sterile

94
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who are individuals with XXY chromosome

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males, could be physical normal but always sterile, small testicles

95
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XXY are ______ with _________ syndrome

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males, klinefelter syndrome

96
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XYY which occurs -____ in 1000 _____ births show clinical phenotype.and have normal _________ and _______. and is known as __________ syndrome

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1 in 1000 male
sexual development, normal fertility
Jacobs syndorme

97
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many of the genes on sex chromosomes are for ________ traits.

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non-sexual

98
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Y chromosome contains less than ______ genes, among them there are _______ dominants, however X chromosome contains over _______ genes.

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200 genes
maleness dominants
1000 genes

99
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several imp human diseases are inherited as _________ recessive, give some examples and which sex has more frequency to get them.

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X-linked recessive
ex-muscular dystrophy, red-green colour blindness and hemophilia
men>women

100
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define hemophilia

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mostly inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body’s ability to make blood clots, because it lack sufficient blood clotting proteins(clotting factors)

101
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define extranuclear inheritance

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aka cytoplasmic inheritance
transmission of genetic material located outside the cell nucleus, notably in mitochondria or chloroplasts.

102
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maternal inheritance related extranuclear inheritance?

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  1. mitochondrial and chloroplast genome that affect offspring’s phenotype.
    2.maternal genes products that influence early development - epigenetic
    3.infectious particles- able to make horizontal gene transfer
103
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define epigenetic

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study of change of organism caused by modification of gene expression rather than alteration of genetic code itself.

104
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________ is energy converting organelle of eukaryotes evolved from _________ that were engulfed by primitive _______ and developed a _______ relationship (________) with them about 1.5*10e9 years ago.

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mitochondria
prokaryotes(proteobacteria)
eukaryotic cells
symbiotic(endosymbiosis)

105
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the human mitochondrial genome contains _______ bp and encodes ____ genes

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16,569base pairs
37 genes

106
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extranuclear inheritance in mitochondria?

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maternal inheritance
high mutation rate
threshold effect for disease
age-related mutations

107
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where are chloroplast present and what process takes place in it

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land plants, algae and some protists
photosynthesis

108
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where is the origination of chloroplasts believed from

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cyanobacteria through endosymbiosis

109
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how many unique genes are present in land plant chloroplasts?

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110-120
-maternal inheritance

110
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define cytoplasmic inheritance and who discovered it?

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the transmission of genes that occur outside the nucleus
Carl Erich Correns (1864-1933)

111
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what was correns experiment about

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maternal inheritance in the four o clock plant (Mirabilis Jalapa)

112
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the non mendelian inheritance pattern discovered by correns was later traced to a gene named ________ that codes for a small_________ required for proper assembly of chloroplast ribosomes.

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iojap
protein(chloroplastic)

113
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what are the 3 different types of pathogens that can deliver genetic material to eukaryotic nuclei?(horizontal gene transfer)

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1.viruses(ssDNA,dsDNA,RNA)
2.prokaryote Agrobacterium tumefaciens(ssDNA)
3.intercellular eukaryotic parasit-Trypanasoma Cruzi(minicircle DNA)

114
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example of an infectious particles in plasmids ?

A

agrobacterium tumefaciens- bacterial pathogen
crown gall on a rose stem

115
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what is a ti plasmid

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a tumor inducing plasmid found in pathogenic species of agrobacterium

116
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where does the transfer, integration and expression T-DNA in an infected plant takes place?

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Ti Plasmid (Tumor inducing plasmid)

117
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what results in production of grown gall tumours?

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transfer, integration and expression of T-DNA (Tumour DNA) in Ti plasmid In an infected plant that results in the production of crown gall tumours.