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Unit 5 Flashcards

1
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Gametes

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Are the reproductive cells that transmit genes from one generation to the next

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2
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How many chromosomes do humans have in the somatic cells

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46 or 23 pairs

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Somatic cells

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All cells in the body except the sex( gametes)

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Alleles

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A lot of different genes that can code for traits

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5
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Locus in a chromosome

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Specific location

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6
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Where does synapsis or crossing over occur in meiosis?

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Prophase 1-this is where the genes crossover to incorporate different traits for the offspring

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Epistasis

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Is where one gene will determine if another gene will be expressed

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Pleiotrophy or pleiotrophic affect

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One gene that controls different characteristics or traits

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9
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Polygenetic inheritqnce

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Multiple genes control express one trait

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Homologous chromosome

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Chromosomes that have identical length and inherent controlling properties for traits. These can pair up and are represented on humans karyotype

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Karyotype

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Images of autosomes and the pair of sex chromosomes

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12
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In oogenesis, how many haploid cells are made

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I’m the ovum there is one haploid made and a second polar body

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13
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Chiasmata

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X shaped region where crossing over occurs

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14
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Crossing over does what to chromosomes

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Creates recombinant chromosomes- carry genes from 2 parents

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15
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Mutations from crossing over

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Deletion
Duplication.
Translocation
Inversion

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16
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Random fertilization

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Fusion of gametes will produce a zygote with about 64 trillion diploid combinations

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17
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Independent assortment

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Each pair of chromosomes sorts it’s maternal and paternal homologous into daughter cells independently

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18
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Gregor Mendel

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Discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance
Genes come in pairs from parents

Dominant and recessive traits

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Character

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A heritable feature, such as flower color

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Trait

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A variant of a character such as purple or white flowers

21
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P generation

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The true breeding parents

22
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F1 generation

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The hybrid offspring of the P generation

23
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F2 generation

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The offspring when F1 individuals self pollinate

24
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Dominant Allen

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Determines the organisms appearance

25
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Recessive Allen

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Has no noticeable effect on the organisms appearance unless homozygous

26
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Homozygous

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Has a pair of identical alleles for that gene- exhibits tru breeding

27
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Heterozygous

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Has a pair of alleles that are different for that gene

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Phenotype

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Physical appearance

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Genotype

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Genetic makeup

30
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Codominance

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Two dominant alleles affect the phenotype in separate distinguishable ways. Like human blood type AB

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Incomplete dominance

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The phenotype of F1 hybrids is somewhere between the phenotypes or the two paternal varieties. Flowers that are red and white make a pink flower. Mixed

32
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Hybridization

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Mating two contrasting things. That’s what medel did with the peas

33
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Tay Sachs disease

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Occurs because of an enzyme that isn’t functioning properly and cause lipids to build up in their brain

34
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Cystic fibrosis

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Defect in chloride channel transport proteins in cells

Chloride ions and water are trapped inside cells walls and cause thick mucus

35
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Sickle cell

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Supsitutuon of a single amino acid int the hemoglobin proteins in red blood cells

36
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Down’s syndrome

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Extra copy of chromosome 21 causes short stature mental retardation, fissures tongue, Senor always creases in the palm

37
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Nondisjunction of autosomes

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Chromosomes may be separated unequally causeing more less or none to appear in gametes

38
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Five kingdom system of classification

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Kingdom plantar kingdom animal is
Kingdom fungi
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom miners

39
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The three domains

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Domain bacteria
Domain archae
Domain eukarya

40
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Linnaeus

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Taxonomy. A way of cataloging the diversity of life

He was a seed dish botanists
Came up with categories for naming such as Homo sapiens

He had two classifications kingdom plantae and anomalia

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Classification order

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Kong’s play chest on five Greene squares

Domain
Kingdom
Phylum 
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
42
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Darwin

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Proposed the revolution of present day
Went on a voyage to discover different species had similarities or same adaptations
Wrote a book called the origin of species

43
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Darwin observation 1

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Members of a population often vary in their inheritance

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Observation 2

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All species can produce more offspring than there environment can support and many of the offspring fail to survive

45
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Darwin inference

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Ore suitable individuals leave more offspring

46
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Natural selection

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Is the process in which individuals with favorable inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce

47
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Artificial selection

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Choosing the most fit or desired traits to breed

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