Top6-Ch7-P161-167 Flashcards
Male pattern baldness is influenced by
a variety in the androgen receptor
Male pattern baldness is linked to markers on the __-chromosome
X
Bald males are more likely to suffer from
heart disease, high blood pressure and prostate cancer
Scientists found that some pairs of genes (did/did not) separate according to Mendel’s principles. What is correct did or did not?
did not
Principle of segregation is?
each individual diploid organism possesses two alleles at a locus that separate in meiosis with one allele going into each gamete.
Principle of independent assortment is?
it provides additional information about the process of segregation; it tells us that, in the process of separation, the two alleles at a locus act independently of alleles at other loci.
What are linked genes?
Genes that are located close together on the same chromosome. The linked genes belong to the same linkage group.
Linked genes travel together in meiosis, eventually arriving at the same destination (the same gamete) and are not expected to assort independently.
Closely linked genes are rarely reshuffled.
It was proposed in the early 1900s by Sturtevant that the degree of linkage may depend on the position of the genes on the chromosome. Sturtevant produced the first chromosome map of the X-chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster
Linked genes will give variations on the 9:3:3:1 ratio expected from an independent dihybrid cross
Genes located on the same chromosome ___ ___ adhere strictly to Mendel’s principles
do not
Recombination is?
the independent separation of alleles, or the sorting of alleles into new combinations.
Gametes produce in F1 that are different from parent gametes are
recombinant gametes
What is the chromosome theory of heredity and who came up with it and when?
Walter Sutton in 1903. Theory states that genes are found on chromosomes, or chromosomes are the carriers of genetic material and showed that chromosomes separate during meiosis
Genes close together on the same chromosome usually segregate as a unit and are therefore inherited ______
together
- Genes located on the same chromosome will sometimes _____ ______
- The further the genes are _____ the more often crossing over will take place between them
- Ultimately, they will be inherited as non-linked genes as long as they are far enough _____ on the same chromosome
- cross over
- apart
- apart
If genes are completely linked no ______ _______ occurs, but in realilty genes are ____ completely linked.
crossing over, rarely
If genes are unlinked then they assort _____
independently.