Review #4 presentation Flashcards
What are the problems in meiosis
Non-disjunction
- failure of sister chromatids to separate (anaphase II)
- cells produced missing a chromosome (monosomy: one copy only when fertilized)
or they have an extra chromosome (trisomy: three copies when fertilized)
how is nondisjunction diagnosed
Karyograms
- fetal cells obtained from amniotic fluid (amniocentesis) or chorionic villus (placenta)
- chromosomes are arranged in paris according to size and structure
- 23rd pair used to diagnose gender (XX female XY male)
what is genetics
science of heredity (pass on of genetic material from parent to offspring)
prokaryotes genetics
circular, naked (no proteins) chromosomes
pass directly to offspring (asexual reproduction)
eukaryotes genetics
linear with proteins (histones)
many pairs
passed to offspring through sexual reproduction
genes are carried on …
chromosomes
what are genes
heritable factors (DNA) that determine specific traits (code for proteins)
what is a genome
the complete set of all DNA base sequences of an organism
what is unique to different species
number of genes, chromosomes, and size of genome
more DNA does not always mean…
that an organism is more complex/advanced than another
What is a genes location on specific places of chromosomes
locus
what are the different forms of genes
alleles
two things that an allele can be
dominant or recessive
what is the difference between dominant and recessive
dominant: stronger - written with a capital letter
recessive: weaker - written with lowercase letter
what is the physical expression of a trait (what you see)
phenotype (ie Green eyes)
what is a genotype
combination of alleles an organism has for a trait (ie: bb)
What can genotypes be
heterozygous: different alleles - Aa
homozygous: same alleles
homozygous dominant: AA
homozygous recessive: aa
what is a carrier
a heterozygous individual (Nn)
they carry recessive alleles but do not show them in their phenotype due to the presence of a dominant allele
this is important in sex-linked traits and genetic diseases
what are codominant alleles
equal in strength alleles - both will show if this is present
what is an example of codominant alleles
blood groups
what alleles are equally dominant and what is recessive
A (I^A) and B (I^B) are dominant
O (i) is recessive
what are genes carried on
sex-chromosomes (sex-linked)
what do males additionally inherit from an egg (mothers)
mitochondrial DNA
X and Y are not ______ chromosomes
homologous
some genes on larger X chromosome are absent from shorter Y chromosome
What are more commonly seen in males
sex-linked traits
only one x chromosome so whatever they inherit will show because there is no other chromosome to overpower it