Test 3: Ch. 15 Flashcards
what is the word that describes that males have only one “dose” of X genes?
hemizygous
during sex linkage what happens at meiosis?
a) XY chromosomes synapse
b) X and Y share some genes but not many
what stage does sex linked cross though?
F1 Generation
KNOW HOW TO SEX LINKED CROSS
LOOK AT NOTES, GIRLIE!
WHta are sex influenced genes found on?
autosomes
are X and Y chromosomes autosomes?
no
why does a male and female that both have the same gene, but one ends up the more extreme? Ex) hairy ears
It is different because of hormones
Also, testosterone carries the hairy expression in the male
females have a _____ dose of x-alleles but males have ____ dose
double, one
to compromise for that extra dose, what does the female have because of that?
one x per cell in a female is inactivated
what is a mass of inactivated X chromatin
BARR body
random inactivation during what stage?
embryogensis
the remaining x’s are expressed after embryogensis in what sex?
both male and female
in a calico cat there are patches…
there are clumps that divides then produce
what is nondisjunction?
when homologs dont separate at meiosis 1
what explains how we get an euploidies?
nondisjunction