Repro 1 Flashcards
Role of reproduction
Making new humans
Why are we advanced when it comes to reproduction
- Mate for pleasure and procreation
- Does not only occur during “fertile” periods
Sexually dimorphic
Males and females have distinct physical characteristics
Male and female sex organs consist of 3 sets of structure
Gonad, internal genitalia, external genitalia
Gonads
Gamete producing organs
Internal genitalia
Accessory glands and ducts
External genitalia
External reproductive structures
Where is sex determined
Programmed in genome
Each nucleated cell of body except gametes contains
23 pairs of chromosomes (46 total: diploid)
22 pairs autosomes: direct development of human body
1 pair sex chromosomes: direct development of internal and external sex organs
What do gametes contain
23 single chromosomes (haploid)
Each egg produced by a female has
An X chromosome
Sperm produced by male has either
And X chromosome or a Y
In females during early embryonic development what happens to one X chromosome
Turns off in each cell
- whether paternal or maternal X is shut off differs in each cel
What x-linked genetic disorders more commonly affect males
Muscular dystrophy, color blindness, hemophilia
(Expressed because they only have one X)
If there’s a Y chromosome
Genetically male
What are 2 ways there can be abnormal sex chromosome distribution
Non disjunction at meiosis 1
- both go into 1 secondary gamete
- one pair of disomic gametes and one pair of nullisomic
Non disjunction at meiosis 2
- one disomic(2 chromatids one gamete) and one nullisomic gamete in a pair
- one pair normal monosomic gametes
XXY
Klinefelters
X
Turner syndrome
Y
Non viable