M1: Sex Determination Flashcards

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1
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Basis of Sex Determination in an Organism

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Genes and Sex Autosomes

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2
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Females have two X chromosome and Males have one X chromosome. Unequal chromosome number, female have more sex chromosome

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Protenor System (XX/XO)

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3
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Basis for Protenor System

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Protenor Butterfly

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4
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Equal chromosome number and most famous sex determination

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Lygaeus System (XX/XY)

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5
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Characteristics of Male in Lygaeus System

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  • Heterogametic
  • Unlike Gametes
  • Heteromorphic Chromosomes
  • Determines sex of progeny
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6
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Characteristics of Female in Lygaeus System

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  • Homogametic
  • Like Gametes
  • Homomorphic Chromosomes
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7
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Opposite of Lygaeus System and females dictate the sex of pyrogeny

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ZW system (ZZ/ZW)

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Females are diploid and Males are haploid

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Haplo-Diplo System

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9
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Neither male nor female intervenes and need to find haploid alleles

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X Chromosomes: Haploid Number

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10
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A threshold for maleness is reached when the X:A ratio is 1:2

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Genic Balance Theory

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11
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Ratio of X chromosomes: 1.0 - 1.5

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Female

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12
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Ratio of X chromosomes: 0.67 - 0.75

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Intersex

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13
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Ratio of X chromosomes: 0.33 - 0.50

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Male

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14
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Incubation temperature of eggs during a critical period of embryonic development

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Temperature Variation

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15
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Houses the genetic information necessary for maleness and trigger gonodal ridge development into ovaries or testes

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Y chromosome in Humans

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16
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Only region that synapses and recombine with X-Chromosome during meiosis

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Pseudo Autosomal Region (PAR)

17
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Non-recombining region of Y and share homology with genes on X chromosome

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Male-Specific Region of Y (MSY)

18
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Region that contains functional genes

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Euchromatic regions

19
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Region that lacks genes

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Heterochromatic regions

20
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Originally derived from the X chromosome

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X-transposed Region

21
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Contains DNA sequences that are even more distantly related to those present on the X chromosome

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X-degenerative Region

22
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Critical gene that controls male sexual development

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Sex-determining Region of Y (SRY)

23
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Causes the undifferentiated gonadal tissue of the embryo to form the testes

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Testis-determining Factor (TDF)

24
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Lack of counterparts on X chromosome and expression is limited to Testes

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Amplionic Region

25
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Associated with an increased risk of congenital disorders of the offspring

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Y Chromosome and Paternal Age Effects (PAE)

26
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Genetic mechanism that balances the due of X chromosome gene expression in males and females

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Dosage Compensation

27
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3 Dosage Compensation Mechanisms

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  1. Downregulation of X-linked genes in females
  2. Hyperactivation of X-linked genes in males
  3. Inactivation of one copy of X-linked genes in females
28
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Process of inactivation of an X chromosome

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Lyonization

29
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They developed the Lyon Hypothesis

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Mary Lyon and Liane Russel

30
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Inactivation of X chromosome at early embryonic development and all descendant cells have the same X chromosome inactivated their initial progenitor cell

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Lyon Hypothesis

31
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Physical Evidence of Lyonization

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  1. Barr Body
  2. Mosaicism
32
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Sex chromatin body and lies against the nuclear envelope

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Barr Body

33
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They developed the Barr Body

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Murray L. Barr and Evart G. Bertuan

34
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Barr body arises from one of two X chromosome

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Ohno’s Hypothesis

35
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Formula for number of Barr Bodies

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N - 1

36
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Does not normally occur in the very early stages of development

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Barr Body Formation

37
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Formation of mosaic patterns in heterozygous females

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Mosaicism