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LESSON 2 Flashcards

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branch of biology that deals with heredity and variation of organisms.

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Genetics

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Carry the genetic information or hereditary information (genes)
○ Arrangement of nucleotides in DNA
■ DNA -> RNA -> Protein (Central
Dogma)

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Chromosomes

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contain DNA that codes for the same genes.

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Homologous chromosomes

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T or F: in Homologous chromosome, both chromosomes have all the same genes in the same locations (represented with colored strips), but different “versions” of those genes (represented by different shades of each color).

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True

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a unit of heredity; a section of DNA sequence encoding a single protein

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Gene

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the entire set of genes in an organism

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Genome

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two genes that occupy the same position on homologous chromosomes and that cover the same trait (like flavors a trait)

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Alleles

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a fixed location on a strand of DNA where a gene or one of its alleles is located.

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Locus

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the genetic makeup of an organisms

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Genotype

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the physical appearance of an organism (Genotype + environment)

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Phenotype

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having identical genes (one from each parent) for a particular characteristic. ○ Example: Purple flower (PP) or White flower (ww)

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Homolozygous

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having two different genes for a particular characteristic.

○ Example: Purple flower (Pp) or White flower (Ww)

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Heterozygous

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a trait in which a gene is carried on a sex chromosome

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Sex-linked trait

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traits controlled by genes on one of 22 pairs of autosomes

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Autosomal trait

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the allele of a gene that masks or suppresses the expression of an alternate allele; the trait appears in the heterozygous condition.
○ When a dominant allele is present, the dominant will be manifested and masked the recessive allele

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Dominant allele

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an allele that is masked by a dominant allele; does not appear in the heterozygous condition, only in homozygous.

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Recessive allele

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a genetic cross involving a single pair of genes (one trait); parents differ by a single trait.

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Monohybrid cross

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a genetic cross between two different genes that differ in two observed traits

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Dihybrid cross

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P

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Parental generation

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F1

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First filial generation; offspring from a genetic cross.

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F2

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Second filial generation of a genetic cross
○ Usually, a particular trait is manifested here in second filial generation after a genetic cross of homozygous alleles, which was not shown in the first filial generation

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Mendelian gene/trait

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Single gene disease

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is the most common expression of a particular allele combination in a population. The wild type allele may be recessive or dominant.

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Wind type phenotype

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is a variant of a gene’s expression that arises when the gene undergoes a change, or mutation.

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Mutant phenotype

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Known as an illness that typically begins in early adulthood, causing uncontrollable movements and changes in behavior and thinking (cognition), with death 15 to 20 years later.

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Huntington disease

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Is a dominant, which means that each child of an affected individual need inherit only one copy of the mutant gene to develop the disease.
● However, 10 percent of people who have HD are under age 20. They have juvenile ________

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Huntington disease (caused by an HD Gene which produces huntington protein)

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T or F: Even if only one allele is passed, if it is a dominant allele, the disease can be carried through generations

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True

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Traits of two parents “blend” together and inherited by the offspring

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Blending theory of inheritance

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According to _______ , traits do not blend together but rather traits are inherited separately

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Mendel

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One of his experiments involved crossing a purple flowers with white flowers (Monohybrid Cross)

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Mendel’s experiment

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● Also known as the Gene Idea
● Inheritance involves the passing of discrete units of inheritance, or genes, from parent to offspring.

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Particulate theory of inheritance by Mendel

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● Proposed by Walter Sutton and proved by Thomas Morgan using fruit fly
● Genes are present within chromosomes inside the cell
● Genes and chromosomes are in pairs in diploid cells

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Chromosome theory of inheritance

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Patterns of inheritance

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Principle of dominance, segregation and independent assortment

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● One allele masks another, one allele was dominant over the other in the F1 generation.
● Whenever a dominant allele (even if only one), is present, the dominant trait will be manifested and masked the expression of recessive allele

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Principle of dominance

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When gametes are formed, the pairs of hereditary factors (genes) become separated, so that each sex cell (egg/sperm) receives only one kind of gene.

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Principle of segregation

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● Genes located on different chromosomes will be inherited independently of each other.
● Both genes from your father and mother are not inherited at the same time
● Example:
○ There are 7 traits in total from your mother and
father
○ Not all of the traits will be inherited by your child
all together at once
○ There will be combinations of different traits
from your mother and father (height from mother and eye color from father)

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Principle of independent assortment

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Mendel noted that short plants crossed to other short plants were “true-breeding,” always producing the same phenotype, in this case short plants.
● The crosses of tall plants to each other were more confusing. Some tall plants were true-breeding, but others crossed with each other yielded short plants in about one-quarter of the next generation. In some plants, tallness appeared to mask shortness.
● One trait that masks another is dominant; the masked trait is recessive.

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On first principle law

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Some dominantly inherited diseases are said to be due to a “gain-of-function”, because they result from the action of an abnormal protein that interferes with the function of the normal protein.
● Can be best described by the Huntington Disease

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On the Dominance Principle

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results from a gain-of-function in which the dominant mutant alleles encodes an abnormally long protein that prevents the normal protein from functioning in certain brain cells.

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Huntington disease

40
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A single gene on chromosome 15,______, confers eye color by controlling melanin synthesis.

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OCA2

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But inheritance of eye color is more complicated than this. Near the OCA2 gene on chromosome 15 is a second gene, ________, that controls expression of the OCA2 gene. A recessive allele of _______ abolishes control over OCA2, the blue eyes result. A person must inherit two copies of the recessive allele in ________ to have blue eyes.

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HERC2

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● This is the case for sickle cell disease.
● Carriers can develop a life-threatening breakdown of
muscle if exposed to the combination of environmental heat, intense physical activity, and dehydration. Several college athletes died from these symptoms, prompting sport authorities to begin testing athletes for sickle cell disease carrier status.
● This is called sickle cell trait.

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ON HETEROZYGOSITY IN A DOMINANT TRAIT

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You have both the sickle-shaped RBC
and normal-shaped RBC

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Heterozygous

44
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An individual with two different recessive alleles for the same gene is termed a

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Compound heterozygous

45
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Child has a recessive allele from each parent with the variant located at a different position within the same gene

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Compound heterozygotr

46
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As molecular genomic techniques became available in the _______ & ________ , it became possible to explain a range of disorders in heterozygotes carrying one copy of one of the classic mutations for phenylketonuria.

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1980s and 1990s

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● Because ___________ was the first genetic disorder for which mass post-natal genetic screening was available, beginning in the early 1960s, atypical cases were detected almost immediately.
● Molecular analysis of the genome was not yet possible, but protein sequencing revealed cases caused by compound heterozygosity.

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phenylketonuria

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A metabolic disorder involving deficiency of enzymes that metabolize phenylalanine
○ If not metabolized, it may cause mental retardation
● It should be detected at young age
● Part of newborn screening test

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Phenylketonuria

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In addition to its classic infantile form, ________ disease may present in juvenile or adult-onset forms, often as the result of compound heterozygosity between two alleles, one that causes the classic infantile disease in homozygotes and another that allows some residual HEXA enzyme activity.

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Tay Sachs

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an individual with one allele for hemoglobin S and one allele for hemoglobin C would still develop the disease, despite being heterozygous for both genes.

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sickle cell anemia

51
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result from inheritance of the ____________ gene in a compound heterozygous manner with other mutant beta globin genes.

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sickle cell syndrome

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said to arise from a “loss-of-function” because it usually prevents the production or activity of the normal protein

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ON THE RECESSIVENESS PRINCIPLE

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The basis of an inborn error of metabolism is easy to picture. These diseases are typically recessive because the half-normal amount of the enzyme that a carrier produces is usually sufficient to maintain health.

tend to be more severe, and produce symptoms earlier.

Most autosomal _______ conditions appear unexpectedly in families, because they are transmitted silently, through heterozygotes (carriers).

Marriage between relatives introduces consanguinity, which means “shared blood”—a figurative description, because genes are not passed in blood. Alleles inherited from shared ancestors are said to be “identical by descent.”

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ON THE RECESSIVENESS PRINCIPLE

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Males and females affected, with equal frequency

Successive generations affected until no one inherits the mutation

Affected individual has an affected parent, unless he or she has a de novo mutation

De novo mutation

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Autosomal dominant

55
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Males and females affected, with equal frequency

Can skip generations

The trait is not manifested unless the alleles are homozygous

Affected individual has parents who are affected or are carriers (heterozygotes)

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Autosomal recessive

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If inherited mutant alleles from both parents, a _______ allele will manifest

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recessive

57
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An individual with two different alleles is __________—what Mendel called “non-true-breeding” or “hybrid.”

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heterozygous

58
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Mendel’s first law

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Law of segregation

59
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reflects the actions of chromosomes and the genes they carry during meiosis. Because a gene is a long sequence of DNA, it can vary in many ways.

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Law of segregation

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Mendel’s 2nd law

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law of independent assortment

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for two genes on different chromosomes, the inheritance of one gene does not influence the chance of inheriting the other gene. The two genes are said to “independently assort” because they are packaged into gametes at random.

Two genes that are far apart on the same chromosome (see discussion on linkage) also appear to independently assort, because so many crossovers take place between them that it is as if they are part of separate chromosomes

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law of independent assortment

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Principle 1 - Test cross/Pedigree analysis Law 1 (Law of Segregation) - Punett square; Single test cross/monohybrid
Law 2 (Law of Independent Assortment)- Dihybrid Cross

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True

63
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A useful tool to do genetic crosses
Looks like a windowpane
Used to determine the probability of outcome of offspring

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Punnett square

64
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a lethal genetic disease affecting Caucasians.
● Caused by mutant recessive gene carried by 1 in 20 people of European descent
○ To be manifested = Homozygous recessive allele

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Cystic fibrosis

65
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disease affects transport in tissues – mucus is accumulated in lungs, causing infections.

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Cystic fibrosis

66
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A fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain

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HD

67
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Mating that involve parents that differ in two genes (two independent traits)

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Dihybrid cross

68
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When you have an individual with an unknown genotype, you do a

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test cross.

69
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Cross with a homozygous recessive individual

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Test cross

70
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genes close on a chromosome are packaged into the same gametes and are said to be

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linked or linkage

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● _______ in genetics refers to the transmission of genes on the same chromosome.
● _______ genes do not assort independently and do not produce Mendelian ratios for crosses tracking two or more genes.

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Linkage

72
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○ He observed that the Drosophila’s fly does not
follow Mendelian inheritance
○ He identified more than 50 genes on Drosophila’s 4 pairs of chromosomes.
○ He discovered that many seemed to be “linked” together

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Thomas Morgan’s Research

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map based on the frequencies of recombination between markers during crossover of homologous chromosome. A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. map does not show the physical distances between genes but rather their relative position, as determined by how after two Gene loci are inherited together.

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Linkage map

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Linkage maps were first developed by, a student of Thomas Hunt Morgan.

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Alfred Sturtevant

75
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LD blocks, called ________, could be used to track genes in populations

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haplotypes

76
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a combination of alleles at multiple linked loci that are transmitted together.

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Haplotype

77
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The X-linked recessive trait (recessive allele), the blood clotting disease __________ is also known as Christmas disease and factor IX (“FIX”) deficiency.

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hemophilia B

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● Rare neurodevelopmental disorder
● Progressive, not degenerative
● Typical child with this syndrome cannot speak, use her
hands, walk, eat, or breath easily.
● Longevity well into adulthood
● No FDA approved treatments.

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‘Retr syndrome

79
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affects a structure or function of the body that is present in only males or only females. The gene for such a trait may be autosomal (eg. lactation)

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Sex-limited trait

80
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due to genes on autosomes, and the expression of these traits are limited so that normally only one sex is affected.

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Sex-limited trait

81
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An example of sex-limited trait, is a sudden rise in blood pressure late in pregnancy. It kills 50,000 women worldwide each year. A study of 1.7 million pregnancies in Norway found that if a man’s first wife had preeclampsia, his second wife had double the risk of developing it

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Preeclampsia

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are autosomal traits that are influenced by sex. If a male has one recessive allele, he will show that trait, but it will take two recessive alleles for the female to show that same trait. One such gene is baldness

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Sex-influenced trait

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A genotype (allele combination) that causes death is, by strict definition,

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Lethal

84
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is lethal by age 3 or 4

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Tay sachs

85
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achondroplastic dwarfism

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Lethal

86
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Type of relationship between alleles, with a heterozygote phenotype intermediate between the two homozygote phenotypes.

Enzyme deficiencies in which a threshold level is necessary for health illustrate both complete and incomplete dominance.

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Incomplete dominance

87
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An example of incomplete dominance that can be observed in carriers on both the molecular and whole-body levels.

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FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA (FH)

88
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Different alleles that are both expressed in heterozygote are

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Co-dominant

89
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Mendel’s laws can appear not to operate when one gene masks or otherwise affects the phenotype of another.

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Epistasis

90
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It results from an interaction between a gene called H and the I gene that confers ABO blood type.

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Bombay phenotype under epistasis

91
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A single-gene disease with many symptoms, or a gene that controls several functions or has more than one effect

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Pleiotropy

92
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The most common form of this autosomal dominant condition is a defect in an elastic connective tissue protein called fibrillin.

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Marfan syndrome

93
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Mutations in different genes that produce the same phenotype lie behind________________. It can occur when genes encode enzymes or other proteins that are part of the same biochemical pathway, or when proteins affect the same body part

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genetic heterogeneity.

94
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Abnormal collagen causes fragile bones.

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Osteogenesis

95
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● An environmentally caused trait that appears to be inherited is a phenocopy.
● Such a trait can either produce symptoms that resemble those of a known single-gene disease or mimic inheritance patterns by affecting certain relatives.

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Phenocopies

96
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● Homeotic genes regulate organ development
● Homeobox genes code for transcription factors
● Hox genes determine the identities of each body segment
● Homeobox genes in humans

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True

97
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refers to the inheritance of a trait governed by more than one genes.
● Generally, three or more genes govern the inheritance of polygenic traits. Multiple independent genes have an additive or similar effect on a single quantitative trait.

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POLYGENIC TRAITS

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