Unit 5 Flashcards
Gametes
Are the reproductive cells that transmit genes from one generation to the next
How many chromosomes do humans have in the somatic cells
46 or 23 pairs
Somatic cells
All cells in the body except the sex( gametes)
Alleles
A lot of different genes that can code for traits
Locus in a chromosome
Specific location
Where does synapsis or crossing over occur in meiosis?
Prophase 1-this is where the genes crossover to incorporate different traits for the offspring
Epistasis
Is where one gene will determine if another gene will be expressed
Pleiotrophy or pleiotrophic affect
One gene that controls different characteristics or traits
Polygenetic inheritqnce
Multiple genes control express one trait
Homologous chromosome
Chromosomes that have identical length and inherent controlling properties for traits. These can pair up and are represented on humans karyotype
Karyotype
Images of autosomes and the pair of sex chromosomes
In oogenesis, how many haploid cells are made
I’m the ovum there is one haploid made and a second polar body
Chiasmata
X shaped region where crossing over occurs
Crossing over does what to chromosomes
Creates recombinant chromosomes- carry genes from 2 parents
Mutations from crossing over
Deletion
Duplication.
Translocation
Inversion
Random fertilization
Fusion of gametes will produce a zygote with about 64 trillion diploid combinations
Independent assortment
Each pair of chromosomes sorts it’s maternal and paternal homologous into daughter cells independently
Gregor Mendel
Discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance
Genes come in pairs from parents
Dominant and recessive traits