Mendelian Law Flashcards
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Mendels law of segregation
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Each trait determined by 2 alleles that are randomly separated during gamete formation
Gametes contain one allele of each gene
2
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Mendels law of independent assortment
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Genes located in different chromosomes are assorted independently during gamete formation
23 pairs of chromosomes and each HP contain did set of genes ;
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4
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Autosomal linkage
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Linked genes located on chrom 1-22 are called autosomal and are egs of autosomal linkage
Some genes located on same chrom exhibit autosomal linkage stay together in original parental combo
5
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Sex linkage
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Only on sex chromosomes
If gene is on X chrom male only have one copy
Male only have normal or has disease
Female have normal carrier and has disease
