unit 7 Flashcards
Blending Hypothesis vs. Particulate Hypothesis
blending: that genetic material from the two parents blends together (the way blue and yellow paint blend to make green)
particulate: the idea that parents pass on discrete heritable units (genes)
Model that we use today and why?
particulate hypothesis
why: we inherit units that determine our traits. this is even true when we talk about incomplete dominance which is where we do see what seems to be blending of a trait
P1,F1,F2 generations
P: parental generation
F1: first filial (offspring of P generation)
F2: offspring of F1 generation
Traits
Characteristics that are inherited; Mendel reasoned that in the F1 plants, the heritable factor for white flowers was hidden or masked in the presence of the purple-flower factor He called the purple flower color a dominant trait and the white flower color a recessive trait. The factor for white flowers was not diluted or destroyed because it reappeared in the F2 generation
true-breeding
mendel used true breeding as in he avoided the appearance of unexpected traits in the offspring… he chose plants that only code for one version of the particular trait being studied
alleles
alternative versions of a gene
simply variations in a gene’s nucleotide sequence
Dominant allele vs recessive allele
dominant: capital letter; only requires one allele for the trait to be physically seen
recessive: lowercase letter; requires 2 alleles
4 concepts to Mendel’s model explain each
- Alternative versions of genes account for variations in inherited characters
- or each character, an organism inherits two alleles, one from each parent (23 mom, 23 dad)
- f the two alleles at a locus differ, then one (the dominant allele) determines the organism’s appearance, and the other (the recessive allele) has no noticeable effect on appearance
- (the law of segregation), the two alleles for a heritable character separate (segregate) during gamete formation and end up in different gametes
Independent assortment vs. Law of segregation
independent assortment: each pair of alleles segregates independently of any other pair during gamete formation
law of segregation: two alleles for a heritable character segregate during gamete formation and show up in different gametes
Punnett Squares (Be able to work these out)
Monohybrids vs. dihybrids
monohybrids: Looking at one individual trait. These are your traditional Punnett Squares.
dihybrids: Looking at Two traits at once
Homozygous Dominant
An organism with two identical alleles for a character is said to be homozygous for the gene controlling that character (AA)
homozygous recessive
An organism with two identical alleles for a character is said to be homozygous for the gene controlling that character (aa)
heterozygous
An organism that has two different alleles for a gene is said to be heterozygous for the gene controlling that character (Aa)
Carriers
are heterozygous individuals who carry the recessive allele but are phenotypically normal
Phenotype vs genotype
phenotype: physical appearance
genotype: genetic make up/specific combination of alleles (AA, Aa, aa)
Ratios
complete dominance: genotypic ratio (AA:Aa:aa) phenotype ratio (dominant:recessive)
imcomplete and codominance: genotypic and phenotypic are the same since there are 3 phenotypes (AA:Aa:aa)
Probability Rules (Be able to work out these problems)
Addition
probability that any one of two or more mutually exclusive events will occur is calculated by adding together their individual probabilities, the word OR
Probability Rules (Be able to work out these problems)
Multiplication
probability that two or more independent events will occur together is the product of their individual probabilities, the word AND
Degrees of dominance (Be able to work out these problems)