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What is gene?

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A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA or RNA.

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What is allele?

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The alternative versions of a gene that produces distinguishable phenotypic effects

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What is a locus?

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A specific place along the length of a chromosome where a given gene is located.

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What is homozygous?

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Having 2 identical alleles for a given gene.

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What is heterozygous?

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Having 2 different alleles for a given gene.

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What is genotype?

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Set of alleles.

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What is phenotype?

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Physical traits determined by set of alleles.

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What is dominant allele?

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Expressed in both homozygous and heterozygous.

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What is recessive allele?

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Expressed only in homozygous recessive.

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What is F1 generation?

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The first hybrid offspring in a series of genetic crosses.

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What is F2 generation?

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Interbreeding of the F1 hybrid generation.

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What is Mendel’s law of hereditary?

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Law of segregation
Law of Independence Assortment

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What is Law of segregation?

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During gamete formation, the two alleles at a gene locus segregate from each other, results in each gamete having an equal probability of containing either allele.

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Explain how Law of segregation works.

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Each homozygous parent in the parental generation forms only 1 kind of gamete.
The heterozygous offspring forms two kinds of gametes.
Self pollination of the F1 offspring forms F2 offspring with a 3:1 phenotypic ratio.

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What is law of independent assortment?

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The alleles of two or more different genes get sorted into gametes independently of one another.

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What is monohybrid cross?

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A genetic cross between two individuals with homozygous genotypes.

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What is dihybrid cross?

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A genetic cross between two individuals with heterozygous genotypes.

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What is test cross?

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Used to identify whether an organism exhibiting a dominant trait is HM or HT for a specific allele.

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How does test cross work?

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Always cross with HZ recessive trait
If ratio 1:1, F1 is HT
If 100%, F1 is HZ

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What is backcross?

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Mating a hybrid with one of its parents (HZ dominant or HT)

21
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What is reciprocal cross?

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A cross with phenotype of each sex reversed as compared with original cross.
Autosomal gene - same offspring genotype
X linked gene - different offspring genotype

22
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What is a codominant?

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Condition in a heterozygote where both alleles are equally dominant and both exhibit their effect in phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways.

23
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What is incomplete dominance?

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Phenotypes of F1 hybrids is between the phenotypes of two parental varieties.
Recessive allele not fully masked by dominant allele.

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What is polygenes?

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Each individual gene makes a small contribution to organism’s phenotype.

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What is epiptasis?

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Type of gene interaction in which a gene at one locus alters the phenotypic effects of another gene at another locus.

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When is a gene epiptastic?

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Its presence suppress another gene’s effect on another locus.

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What is the name of suppressed gene?

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Hypostatic.

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What is multiple allele?

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Three or more allele for a particular gene.

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What is lethal genes?

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Genes which result in the reduction of viability of an individual.
Can be dominant or recessive, but rapidly eliminated.
Not expressed until reproductive age.

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What is linked genes?

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Genes located on the same chromosome that tend to be inherited together unless crossing over occurs.

31
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What is parental type offspring?

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Offspring with phenotype matching one of the parental phenotypes.

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What is recombinant type offspring?

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Offspring with non-parental phenotypes (new combinations of traits).

33
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How to find recombinant frequency?

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Number of recombinants/total offspring x 100%

34
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What is genetic mapping?

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Genetic map of chromosomes based on recombination frequencies.

35
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How is distance between genes expressed?

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1 centimorgan = 1% recombinant frequency

36
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What is sex linkage?

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Sex linked gene/X linked gene is when a gene carried on the X chromosome.
Female - XX
Male - XY

37
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Mothers pass sex linked alleles to who?

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Both sons and daughters

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Fathers pass sex linkage alleles to who?

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Daughters only.

39
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What is gene pool?

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Sum of population’s genetic material at a given time.

40
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What is the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

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The genetic variation in a population will remain constant from one generation to another with absence of disturbing factors.

41
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What are the conditions of HW equilibrium?

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No mutations - no new alleles
Large gene pool - large population
Random mating
No migration - no allele exchanging
No selection - not favoring one genotype

42
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Evolution doesn’t occur when?

A

Non random mating
Change in genotype frequency

43
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How to calculate allele frequency?

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p + q = 1

44
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How to calculate genotype frequency?

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p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1

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