Mitosis And Meiosis Flashcards
During meiosis, sperm fall into two categories, half the sperm cells receive ——— and half received ———
X chromosome and Y chromosome
Is X-Y system the only way to describe sexuality in organisms?
No. X-O system and Z-W system and haplo-diploid system also exist
A gene on the Y chromosome ——— is required for the development of testes, without it, the gonads develop into ———
SRY- sex determining region of Y Ovaries
Why are there X linked diseases more than Y linked diseases
More genes are encoded on the X chromosome, regarding Y linked genes,
The Y chromo- some is passed along virtually intact from a father to all his sons. Because there are so few Y-linked genes, very few disor- ders are transferred from father to son on the Y chromosome.
Males are ———
the terms dominant and recessive do not apply to them
Name a few of the X linked diseases
Red-green color blindness
Duschenne muscular dystrophy
A and B haemophilia
Females have 2 X chromosomes while male only have one, how do they compensate this double dose?
Almost all of one X chromosome in females have been inactivated during early embryonic development. The inactive X——> becomes Barr body. In ovaries, however, Barr bodies chromosomes are reactivated in the cells that give rise to eggs, resulting in female gamete egg having an active X after meiosis
Bar bodies lies along the ——— and because of it in females,
Barr body occurs randomly and independently in each embryonic cell present at the time of X inactivation. As a consequence, females consist of a mosaic of two types of cells: those with the active X derived from the father and those with the active X derived from the mothe
crossing over is a random event, with the
chance of crossing over approximately equal at all points along a chromosome
True
the farther apart two genes are, the higher the prob-
ability that a crossover will occur between them and therefore the higher the recombination frequency
Chromosome number of monopsony and trisomy
Monosomy- 2n-1
Trisomy - 2n+1
Non dysjuntion in mitosis result in ———
Anueploid condition in a large number of somatic cells and likely to be passed along
Polyploidy results from ———
the fertilization of an abnormal diploid egg produced by nondisjunction of all its chromosomes.
triploidy (3n) and tetraploidy (4n) indicate three and four chro- mosomal sets, respectively.
Polyploidy in plants is dangerous for them.
False. Polyploidy plants are more robust and strong than normal eu-ploid species
Polyploid animal spe- cies are much less common, but there are a few fishes and amphibians known to be polyploid. In general, polyploids are more nearly normal in appearance than aneuploids. One extra (or missing) chromosome apparently disrupts genetic balance more than does an entire extra set of chromosomes.
Alterations of chromosomes structure can be arisen by ——
- Deletion
- Duplication
- Inversion
- Translocation
If the deleted segment binds to another sister or non sister chromatid——> ———
Duplication of a portion of that chromosome
Deletions and duplications are especially likely to occur dur- ing meiosis. In crossing over, nonsister chromatids sometimes exchange unequal-sized segments of DNA, so that one partner gives up more genes than it receives .products of such an unequal crossover are one chromosome with a deletion and one chromosome with a duplication.