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Ch. 11 Flashcards

1
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Who was Gregor Mendel?

A

a monk who developed his theory of inheritance using pea plants

published his findings in 1866

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2
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What is a character?

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an observable feature that may vary among individuals

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3
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What is a trait?

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one of two or more detectable variants in a genetic character

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4
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What is true-breeding?

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refers to organisms that produce offspring of the same variety over many generations of self-pollination

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5
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What is hybridization?

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the mating of 2 true-breeding varieties

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What is the P generation?

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refers to the parental generation

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7
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What is the F1 generation?

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the first filial, hybrid (heterozygous) offspring arising from a parental cross

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What is the F2 generation?

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the offspring resulting from interbreeding (self-pollination) of the hybrid F1 generation

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What is the first component to Mendel’s model?

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alternative versions of genes account for variations in inherited characters

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What is the second component to Mendel’s model?

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for each character, an organism inherits two versions (two alleles) of a gene, one from each parent

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What is the third component of Mendel’s model?

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  • if the 2 alleles at a locus differ, then the dominant allele determines the organism’s appearance
  • the recessive allele has no noticable effect on appearance
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12
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What is the fourth component of Mendel’s model?

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the Law of Segregation states that the two alleles in a pair segregate into different gametes during gamete formation

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13
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What are alleles?

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  • any of the alternative versions of a gene
  • may produce distinguishable phenotypic effects
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What are dominant alleles?

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alleles that are fully expressed in the phentotype of a heterozygote

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What are recessive alleles?

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allelles whose phenotypic effects are not observed in a heterozygote

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16
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What is a heterozygote?

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an organism that has 2 different alleles for a gene

17
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What is a homozygote?

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an organism that has a pair of identical alleles for a gene

18
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What is genotype?

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the genetic makeup, or set of alleles, of an organism

19
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What is phenotype?

A

the observable physical and physiological traits of an organism

20
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What is a testcross?

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breeding an organism of unknown genotype w/ a homozygous recessive individual to determine the unknown genotype

21
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What does the Law of Independent Assortment state?

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“alleles of 2 or more differetn genes get sorted into gametes independently of one another”

22
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What is complete dominance?

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the phenotypes of the heterozygote and dominant homozygote are indistinguishable

23
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What are testcrosses used for?

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to identify whether an organism exhibiting a dominant trait is homozygous or heterozygous for a specific allele

24
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What is incomplete dominance?

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the phenotype of heterozygotes is intermediate between the phenotypes of individuals homozygous for either allele

3 phenotypes exist w/ this condition

25
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What is codominance?

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the phenotypes of both alleles are exhibited in the heterozygotes b/c both alleles affect the phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways

2 alleles exist w/ this condition

26
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What are the 4 human blood groups?

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A, B, AB, O

27
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Which blood type is the universal donor?

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type O

ii genotype, anti-A & anti-B antibodies

28
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Which blood type is the universal receiver?

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type AB

I^AI^B genotype, no antibodies

29
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What is the genotype for blood type A?

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I^AI^A or I^Ai

anti-B antibodies

30
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What is the genotype for blood type B?

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I^BI^B or I^Bi

anti-A antibodies

31
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What is pleiotropy?

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the ability of a single gene to have multiple effects

pleiotypic effect: 1 gene = many traits

32
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What is polygenic inheritance?

A

an additive effect of 2 or more genes on a single phenotypic character

polygenic effect: many genes = 1 trait

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