Non-Mendelian Genetics Flashcards
What color of offspring would you get when you cross a pure (homozygous) red snapdragon with a pure white snapdragon?
Pink
Incomplete dominance can be seen in:
Horses (Chestnut x Cremello
→Palomino)
Snapdragons
Japanese Four O’ Clocks
Ratio for cross between heterozygous alleles
1:2:1
Codominance occurs in:
Shorthorn Cow (White + Red)
Blue Roosters (White + Black)
Human Blood Typing (AB)
Tabby Cats (Black and Tan Fur)
Can Tan Cat be heterozygous? Why or Why not?
No, because in order for the cat to be tan, it must contain the homozygous allele
If you mate a tabby with a black cat, what is the phenotypic ratio of their offspring?
1 black: 1 tabby
50% black, 50% tabby
If the offspring of two cats are composed of 36 tabbies and 40 black cats, what are the parental phenotypes and genotypes?
Using backcrossing
1:1
1 tabby, 1 black
What does Multiple Alleles Mean?
When a gene is controlled of many alleles
three or more different versions of a gene that exist in a population
A and B blood types are coded for by the alleles: IA and IB respectively. These two alleles are CODOMINANT.
Blood type O is coded for by the allele i and is recessive to both IA and IB (notice the lower case letter).
I designation stands for ___________, another term for antigen
isoagglutinogen
Could a man with AB blood have an AB child with a woman with type O blood?
No, since type O is recessive, the child will have either type A or type B
If a child has type B blood, what are all the possible blood types for his/her parents?
1.) AB x BB
2.) AB x ii
3.) BB x BB
4. BB x ii
5.) Bi x ii
6.) Bi x Ai
7.) AB x Ai
8.) BB x Ai
9.) AB x Bi
10.) BB x Bi
11.) Bi x Bi
12.) AB x AB
A paternity test is being performed. The child has type A blood. The mother is type A. Potential Dad #1 has type B blood. Potential Dad #2 has type O blood. Who is the father?
Either can be the father
Challenge: What two parents could produce the most diverse children as far as blood type is concerned?
Ai x Bii
4 possible blood type:
1. AB
2. Ai
3. Bi
4. ii
a situation in which a single phenotype is affected by more than one set of genes
gene interaction
Antisera against monkey
Rhesus macacca
The allele that occurs most frequently in a population, the one that we arbitrarily designate as normal
wild-type allele
contains modified genetic information and often specifies an altered gene product
mutant allele
loss-of-function mutation. If the loss is complete, the mutation has resulted in what is called a
null allele
mutations that enhance the function of the wild-type product
also provide an example:
gain-of-function mutations
Proto-oncogenes to oncogenes-> regulation of cell cycle is overriddenby excess gene product
mutations that create an allele that produces no detectable change in function
neutral mutations
homozygous recessive individuals are severely affected with a fatal lipid-storage disorder and neonates die during their first one to three years of life
Tay–Sachs disease
an enzyme normally involved in lipid metabolism
hexosaminidase A
whereby normal phenotypic expression occurs anytime a minimal level of gene product is attained
threshold effect
the joint expression of both alleles in a heterozygote is called
also provide an example:
codominance
MN blood group in humans illustrates this phenomenon
found on the surface of red blood cells that acts as a native antigen, providing biochemical and immunological identity to individuals
glycoprotein molecule
The MN system is under the control of a locus found on chromosome #
chromosome 4
When three or more alleles of the same gene—which we designate as __________—are present in a population, the resulting mode of inheritance may be unique
multiple alleles
The genes for A and B antigens are located on chromosome #
Chromosome 9
mode of inheritance in blood types
Codominance
Almost all individuals possess what is called the ________, to which one or two terminal sugars are added
H substance
Failure to produce the H substance results in the _______, in which individuals are type O regardless of the presence of an IA or IB allele
Bombay phenotype
_____ allele directs the addition of fucose to the H substance precursor
FUT1 allele
H substance itself contains three sugar molecules—
galactose (Gal)
N-acetylglucosamine (AcGluNH)
fucose
H Substance precursor
Gal—AcGluNH
The IA allele is responsible for an enzyme that can add the terminal sugar N-acetylgalactosamine (AcGalNH) to the H substance
The IB allele is responsible for a modified enzyme that can not add N-acetylgalactosamine, but instead can add a terminal galactose
type O (ii) cannot add either terminal sugar; these persons have only the H substance protruding from the surface of their red blood cells
the presence of just one copy of the allele results in the death of the individual
dominant lethal allele
due to a dominant autosomal allele H, where the onset of the disease in heterozygotes (Hh) is delayed, usually well into adulthood.
Affected individuals then undergo gradual nervous and motor degeneration until they die.
Huntington disease
the genes controlling each character are located on the same chromosome
genetic linkage
several genes influence a particular characteristic
gene interaction
each step of development increases the complexity of the organ or feature of interest and is under the control and influence of many genes
epigenesis
the expression of one gene masks or modifies the effect of a second gene
epistasis
________, where phenotypic categories are discrete and qualitatively different from one another
discontinuous variation
_________, occurs when a dominant allele at one genetic locus masks the expression of the alleles of a second locus
dominant epistasis