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3.7.1 Inheritance Flashcards

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic make up on an organism. It describes ALL the alleles that an organism has.

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What is an allele?

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A different version of the same gene

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What is a gene?

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Short section of DNA made up of nucleotide bases, which codes for a specific order of amino acids which makes a protein.

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What is a phenotype?

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Observable characteristics due to environment and genetic makeup

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What is a homologous pair?

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A pair of chromosomes - maternal and paternal. Also known as a bivalent

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What is a recessive allele?

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An allele whereby you need 2 copies of it (homozygous) to express that characteristic. Its not expressed if the dominant allele is present.

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What is a dominant allele?

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You only need ONE copy of this allele to express this characterisitic

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Homozygous dominant means?

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Two dominant alleles present (in the genotype)

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Homozygous recessive means?

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Two recessive alleles present (in the genotype)

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Heterozygous means?

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One recessive and one dominant allele present (in the genotype)

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A codominant allele is?

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Where both alleles contribute/expressed in the phenotype

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What are multiple alleles?

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Where you have more than two alleles for a particular gene

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13
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In a diploid organism (human) how many chromosome pairs are there?

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23

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14
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In meiosis what happens to the diploid number?

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It becomes haploid - halves

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15
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Characteristics are determined by your allele combinations, how many alleles for each characteristics end up in the gamete?

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1

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16
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Pure breeding plants are said to be

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Homozygous

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17
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If there are 30 boys and 15 girls what is the ratio?

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2:1

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18
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Why are actual ratios not exactly the same as theoretical ratios in genetics?

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Because fertilisation of gametes occurs by chance - each time a gamete is fertilised, it is an independent event of what has gone before it.

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How can you try and get theoretical ratios to match observed/actual ratios?

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Increase sample size so its more representative

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If you were to perform a statistical test on Mendelian genetics and you where looking at observed and expected ratios - what test would you do and why?

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Chi Squared - because you are comparing observed and expected values and determining if there is a statistical difference

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Suppose you obtained a chi squared value of 5 and the critical value was 5.99 (2dof) - what can you conclude?

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Because the chi squared value is SMALLER than the critical value - you accept the null hypothesis and there is greater than a 5% probability that the difference in the results are due to chance. There is no significant difference.

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Suppose you obtained a chi squared value of 8 and the critical value was 5.99 (2dof) - what can you conclude?

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Because the chi squared value is LARGER than the critical value - you reject the null hypothesis and there is less than a 5% probability that the difference in the results are due to chance. There is a significant difference.

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What is the difference between monohybrid inheritance and dihybrid inheritance?

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Monohybrid is the inheritance of a SINGLE gene, dihybrid is the inheritance of TWO genes (that are located on different chromosomes)

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24
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Give an examples of a characteristic that involves multiple alleles

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Blood groups - IA, IB and IO

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25
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Identify the chromosomes that determine sex

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Sex Chromosomes - X and Y

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26
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Female sex chromosomes are

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XX

27
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Male Sex Chromosomes are

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XY

28
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Which sex determines the sex of the child?

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Males - as females always pass on a X in their gametes.

29
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What are the criteria must be met to perform a chi squared test?

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sample size is large (20+), data falls into catergories (green, yellow), compare experimental observations with theoretical ones (expected)

30
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When performing a statistical test what must you always state before you carry the test out?

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Null hypothesis - this states that there is ‘no significant difference’….

31
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What is are autosomes?

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The 22 pairs of chromosomes (not the sex chromosomes)

32
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What is meant by autosomal linkage?

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This is the situation where two (or more) genes are carried on the SAME chromosome

33
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For autosomal linkage genetic crosses, what do we have to assume?

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That there is no crossing over, therefore all the genes remain together during meiosis

34
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What is epistasis?

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This is when the allele of one genes affects or masks the expression of another allele in the phenotype.

35
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If the ratio of 9:3:3:1 is not achieved when the individuals of the F1 generation are crossed what does this suggest about inheritance?

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It is NOT your typical dihybrid cross and there is some other explanation - e.g. epistasis, linkage

36
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locus is

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position on a chromsome

37
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a carrier is

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a person carrying an allele not expressed in the phenotype

38
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what does diploid mean?

A

having 2 sets of chromosomes (pairs)

39
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what does haploid mean?

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having 1 set of each chromosome

40
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dominant alleles are represented by using…

A

a capital letter

41
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recessive alleles are represented by using …

A

lower case letter

42
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monohybrid inheritance looks at..

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the inheritance of a characteristic controlled by a single gene

43
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In blood groups which allele is recessive?

A

O

44
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In blood groups which alleles are codominant?

A

A and B

45
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A person with an A and a B allele for blood group would have what blood type?

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AB

46
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A person who inherits a B allele off one parent and an O allele off another would have what blood type?

A

B

47
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dihybrid inheritance looks at

A

the inheritance of 2 genes located on separate chromosomes

48
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In a monohybrid cross what phenotypic ratios do you get in the F2 generation?

A

3:1

49
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In a dihybrid cross what phenotypic ratios do you get in the F2 generation?

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9:3:3:1

50
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In a codominant cross what phenotypic ratios do you get in the F2 generation?

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1:2:1

51
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Sometimes you do not get expected phenotypic ratios because of …

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sex linkage, autosomal linkage, epistasis, small sample size

52
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Name a sex linked condition

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haemophilia, colour blindness

53
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A characteristic is said to be sex linked when..

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its carried on the sex chromosome

54
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How can you tell from looking at the family tree if a condition is sex linked?

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males will only be affected

55
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Why are males more likely to express recessive traits of sex linked conditions

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only have 1 copy of X - so a recessive trait would be expressed

56
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How are the X and Y chromosomes different?

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X bigger (more genes), Y smaller (fewer genes)
no homologous portion on the Y
57
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During autosomal linkage what happens?

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genes are inherited together

58
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When might genes that are on the same chromosome NOT be inherited together?

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if crossing over during meiosis 1 has occurred

59
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The closer together 2 genes are the more closely linked they are - why?

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because cross over is less likely to split them up

60
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what does the null hypothesis always start with?

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there is no significant difference….

61
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If 2 genes are said to be linked what does this mean?

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they are on the same chromosome

62
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a gene pool is

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ll the alleles (of all of the genes) in a population

63
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what is meant by the genome

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all the DNA in a cell/organism

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