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Chromosome

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Each chromosome in a pair codes for the same genetic trait but they provide different details

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Genes

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A segment or band on a chromosome that determines a particular characteristic. Each gene has different possible forms called alleles.

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Alleles

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Gene: eye colour
Possible alleles: brown or not brown
(Different versions of the gene)
-since we have different chromosomes, we have pairs of alleles that determine a particular characteristic
-one of the two alleles is dominant over the other

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The dominant allele

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Represented by a capital letter (B) and is always represented in the physical characteristics of the individual (if present)

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The recessive allele

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Represented by a lower case letter (b) and is only represented in the physical characteristics of the individual if the dominant allele is present

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Dominant alleles

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  • brown eyes (B)

- dark hair (D)

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Recessive alleles

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  • not brown (blue or green) eyes (b)

- blonde hair (d)

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The three possible combinations for each pair of alleles…

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  • BB
  • Bb
  • bb
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Homozygous (pure bread)

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  • an individual in which both alleles are the same
  • homozygous dominant: BB
  • homozygous recessive: bb
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Heterozygous (hybrid)

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  • an individual in which both alleles are different

- heterozygous:Bb

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Genotype

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The genetic makeup of the individual (BB, Bb, or bb)

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Phenotype

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The physical appearance of the individual (brown eyes or blue eyes)
-the homozygous dominant (BB) and heterozygous genotypes (Bb) will have the same phenotype because the dominant allele is present

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History of genetics: who is Gregor Mendel?

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  • father of modern genetics
  • his work was published in 1866, but did not become popular until the 1900’s
  • 1822-1884
  • he was an Austrian monk who used garden pea plants to explain inheritance of characteristics
  • he examined seven different pea traits
  • each trait had only two possible variations (alleles)
  • Mendel was the first individual to propose the principle of dominance, the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment
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Mendel’s three major discoveries:

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  • characteristics/traits are governed by paired but individual factors (genes)
  • these “factors” may be dominant or recessive
  • the factors combine to produce characteristic ratios in the later generations
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Principle of Dominance

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When individuals with different alleles reproduce, the offspring will only express the dominant trait

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Law of Segregation

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Each gene (allele) separates from the other so that the offspring get only one gene from each parent for a given trait

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Mendel’s gentil model plants: he worked with peas because:

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  • they are easy to grow
  • crosses (mated) true breeding peas; pea plants that inherited the same traits generation after generation
  • have many simple traits that distinguish strains of pea plants from each other
  • this includes height (short or tall), seed colour (yellow or green) and seed shape (wrinkled or round)
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Test crosses

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  • mendel’s experiments with pea plants required him to pollinate flowers
  • this refers to as; crossing (fertilizing the flowers reproductive organ)
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Generation terms: P

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  • P generation

- parental

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F1

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  • F1 génération
  • first filial
  • the children of P
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F2

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  • F2 generation
  • second filial
  • the grandchildren of the P generation
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Punnet Squares

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  • chart used by geneticists to determine the probability of results when two individuals are crossed
  • possible gametes produced by the parents are written at the top and side
  • the gametes are combined to produce all of the possible F1 genotypes
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F2 generation

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To find the F2 generation, you cross the the offspring produced in the F1 generation
-F2 will always have a genotypic ratio of 1:2:1 (1 homozygous dominant…) and a phenotypic ratio of 3:1 (3 dominant, 1 recessive)

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Dihybrid cross

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Involves 2 genes each consisting of heterozygous alleles

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9:3:3:1
Phenotypic ratio when both parents are heterozygous
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Inheritance patterns
If genes are located on separate chromosomes they will be inherited independently of one another -traits are passed down independently
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Solving Dihybrid Problems
1. Parents’ genotypes 2. Possible allele combinations (possible gametes) 3. Punnet square cross 4. Ratios
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Complete dominance
A situation where an allele will determine the phenotype l, regardless of the presence of another allele
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Incomplete dominance
- in between - blending - neither wants to be dominant - a situation where neither allele dominates the other and both have an influence on the individual; results in partial expression of both traits
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Codominance
- cooperating - both want to be dominant - a situation where both alleles are expressed fully to produce offspring with a third phenotype
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3 blood type alleles
- I^A - I^B - i
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The 4 blood types and their genotypes
- A: I^A I^A or I^A i - B: I^B I^B or I^B i AB: I^A I^B O: ii
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Which blood types demonstrate dominant and codominant traits
-human blood
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Pedigrees
- diagrams that illustrate the genetic relationship among a group of related individuals - the genotypes are determined by the phenotype - using pedigrees and Mendelian genetics, we can determine whether a particular trait is caused by dominant, recessive, autosomal or sex linked allele - experimental crosses are not possible in humans - medical, historical and family records can be evaluated to study crosses that have already occurred - records from several generations can be assembled to form family pedigrees - when writing genotypes put both options
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Pedigree symbols
- mating line - offspring line - sibling line - Roman numerals represent generations - numbers represent individuals within a generation - the sibling line is in order from oldest (left) to youngest (right) - solid symbols indicate that they exhibit the trait of interest- it does not always mean that the trait is dominant
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Dominant traits in pedigrees
- will be present in each generation | - an individual that represents a dominant trait will have at least one parent that exhibits that dominant trait
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Recessive traits in pedigrees
- aren’t always present in each generation - an individual that exhibits a recessive trait does not have to have a parent exhibit that trait (both parents will be heterozygous carriers of that trait)
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Chromosomes
- different organisms have different numbers of chromosomes | - humans have 1 pair of sex chromosomes (X or Y) and 22 pairs of autosomes (non sex chromosomes)
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Autosomal inheritance
- when an allele for a trait is found on an autosome | - males and females affected equally since there’s no difference between autosomes of males and females
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Sex linked inheritance
Alleles causing genetic disorders found on X and Y chromosomes (sex chromosomes) - females (XX) - males (XY)
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X and Y Chromosomes
- sections of the X and Y chromosomes are homologous | - however few genes (alleles) are common to both
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X linked disorders
- phenotypic expression of an allele that is found only on the X chromosome - a recessive allele for a disorder located on the X chromosome is more likely to express itself in males than females
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A male inherits X chromosome from his mother who carries the recessive allele:
He will express the disorder because the Y chromosome cannot mask the effects of that allele
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Males cannot inherit an X linked disorder from father because:
Fathers only pass on Y chromosomes to sons
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Females must inherit two copies of the recessive allele (one on each of the X chromosomes):
In order to express the disorder
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Y-linked disorders
- passed from father to son only - fewer Y linked disorders than X linked because Y chromosome is small and does not carry as much genetic info as X chromosome - ex: hemophilia, colour blindness, duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Representing sex linked chromosomes
- males (XY) - females (XX) - pick a letter to represent the gene - establish what is dominant and what is recessive

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