Intro/Single Gene Inheritance

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Transmission genetics:

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from parent to offspring within families

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Molecular developmental genetics:

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from DNA to gene action within and between cells

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Population-evolutionary genetics:

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Over many generations within populations of organisms

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The birth of genetics

At least two main reasons initially:

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– Resemblance of relatives

– Domestication of crops, livestock, and pets from their

wild relatives

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What did Mendel propose?

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existence of genes, alleles, and dominance.

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Who rediscovered Mendel’s work?

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Bateson

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What do genes do functionally?

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Encode proteins

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What is the central dogma of how genes produce functional products?

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Replication (DNA Synthesis)

Transcription (RNA synthesis)

mRNA

Translation (protein synthesis)

Question 9

Phenotypes represent ____ forms of the same property?

Examples?

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Phenotypes represent different forms of the same property.

Physical attributes like heigh and eye colot etc

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Wild type is

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the common form of the trait

Question 11

Mutants have an ___ form of a trait

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Mutants have an abnormal form of a trait

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What does mutation produce?

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Heritable changes in DNA, which can impact traits

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Mutations occur ___ as a byproduct of DNA replication but can also be induced using chemicals and other approaches

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Spontaneously

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polymorphisms:

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different phenotypes of the same property that co-exist within a species.

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Pure lines:

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all offspring produced by mating members of a line were identical

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Crossing two pure lines results in:

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Identical F₁s

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Are identical F1s true breeding?

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No

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Chromosomes are long pieces of-

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Nucleic acid and protein that carry genetic information

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Where are genes located?

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On chromosomes

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Haploid cells have _ copy(ies) of each chromosome

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One

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Diploid cells have ___ copy(ies) of each chromosome

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2

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Mitosis produces:

Meiosis produces:

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Mitosis- two identical cells

Meiosis- unique gametes

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Mitosis can take place in ___ or ___

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Haploid or diploid

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Meiosis can only occur in ___ cells

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Diploid

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Meiosis is the process during-

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which recombination occurs and the overall chromosome number is halved.

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Are all eukaryotes diploid?

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No

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Homologs:

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A pair of the same chromosome

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Can homologs harbor different alleles?

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yes

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Sister chromatids:

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Identical copies of the same chromosome

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Dyad:

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A pair of sister chromatids

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Tetrad:

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Four chromatids considered together

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Many alleles can code for the same \_\_\_

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Disease/trait

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Null mutation:

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Gene/protein is broken

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Leaky mutation:

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Diminished function of the gene/protein

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Silent mutation:

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Does not have any negative affects of the gene/protein function.

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Sexual dimorphism: What causes it?

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Phenotypically distinct males and females. Caused by sex chromosomes ex. humans

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What are the male and female sex chromosomes in humans?

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Males - XY Females- XX

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How do sex chromosomes benefit females?

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Females have two copies of genes in case one is faulty. They are likely to be carriers of autosomal traits. Males only have one copy of the gene and will likely manifest the trait (disease)

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Autosomal traits and Sex-linked traits are

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Dominant or recessive