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What is genetic variation

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The difference between members of the same species or different species

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How can chromosomes vary in structure and number

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Very in structure by segments of the chromosome being deleted, duplicated, or rearranged
They vary in number of individual chromosomes or number of chromosome sets

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What is cytogenetics

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Involves microscopic examination of chromosomes

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What does cytogenetics allow for

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Examining of chromosomal composition of a particular cell
Detection of individual with abnormal chromosomes
Allows a way to distinguish species

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What three ways is cytogenetics used to classify chromosomes

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Location of centromere
Size
Banding patterns

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What is a karyotype

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Micrograph that shows all chromosomes within a single cell arranged in standard fashion

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What is G banding and what does it means when you have light or dark bands

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When chromosomes are exposed to the giemsa stain
Dark bands are regions that heavily bind to dye
Light bands are regions that don’t bind to dye heavily

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What is a deletion

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Removes dna
Loss of chromosomal segment

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What is a duplication

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Adds dna
Repetition of chromosomal segment

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What is an inversion

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Flipped dna segments or change in direction

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What is Translocation

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Movement of DNA
Segment of one chromosome becomes attached to another chromosome

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What is a simple translocation

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Piece of chromosome attached to another chromosome

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What is Reciprocal translocation

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Two different types of Chromosomes exchange pieces and produce two abnormal chromosomes

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When a chromosome is broken into pieces what happens

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The part without the centromere is eventually lost
The remaining chromosome has a terminal deletion

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What happens when a chromosome breaks in two places

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The central fragment is lost and the two outer pieces reattach
This chromosome has an interstitial deletion

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What do phenotypes depend on when it comes to deletions

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The size of the deletion and the material deleted

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What can repetitive sequences often cause

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Misalignment between homologous chromosomes
If crossover occurs a nonallelic homo,goys recombination results

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If you have a segment of dna with equal sizing, does a deletion of this segment or a duplication cause a more harmful affect

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Deletion

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What do small chromosomal duplications lead to

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Formation of gene families

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What is a gene family

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Two or more genes in a single species derived from the same ancestral gene

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What is a paralog

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Homologous genes within a single species

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What are globin genes

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Encode subunits of proteins that bind oxygen
Different globulins are expressed in red blood cells during different developmental stages

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What is copy number variation

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Segment of dna that varies in copy number among members of the same species
Could be missing a gene of it could be a duplication

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What are three possible reasons for copy number variations

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Nonallelic homologous recombinations
Proliferation of transposable elements
Errors in dna replication

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What is break points affect
Occurs within vital gene which separates it into two nonfunctional parts
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What is position affect
Gene is repositioned in a way that alters gene expression
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What are inversion heterozygotes
Individuals with one copy of a Normal chromosome and one inverted chromosome
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In regards to inversion heterozygotes what happens during meiosis I
Normal and inversion chromosomes synapse and form an inversion loop
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What happens if crossing over occurs in the inversion loop
Highly abnormal chromosomes are produced
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What happens if crossing over occurs in the inversion loop of a pericentric inversion chromosome
You create two parental types but both pairs have a deletion and a duplication
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What happens if crossing over occurs in the inversion loop of a paracentric inversion chromosome
One chromosome is missing a centromere and one has two centromeres
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What is reciprocal translocation
Two non homologous chromosomes exchange genetic material Occur because of chromosomal breakage or dna repair and abnormal crossovers
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What is a balanced translocation
Rearrangement of genetic material No change in amount of material
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What are unbalanced translocations
Genetic material is duplicated or deleted
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What is robertsonian translocation
When breaks occur near the centromeres of two non homologous Acrocentric chromosomes Small acentric fragments lost Larger fragments fuse at centromeric regions to form single chromosome which is metacentric or submetacentric
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Do individuals with balanced or unbalanced translocations have greater risk of producing gametes with unbalanced combinations
Balanced
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What must form for a translocated chromosome to synapse correctly
Translocation cross
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What is alternate segregation
Viable gametes Chromosomes diagonal to each other within the translocation cross segregate into the same cell following meiosis One cell receives 2 normal chromosomes and the other receives 2 translocated chromosomes
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What is adjacent 1 segregation
4 genetically unbalanced gametes Adjacent non homologous chromosomes segregated into the same cell after meiosis 1 All four cells have one normal and one translocated chromosome
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What is adjacent 2 segregation
4 genetically unbalanced gametes Centromeres don’t segregate properly during meiosis 1 One cell receives both copies of the centromere on chromosome 1 and other copies of the centromere in chromosome 2 All 4 cells have one normal and one translocated chromosome
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What are the two most likely outcomes when an individual carriers a reciprocal translocation
Alternate and adjacent 1 segregation
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What is semisterility
An individuals fertility is lowered when they have less viable gametes
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What is euploidy
A variation of complete sets of chromosomes If you have three or more sets of chromosomes you are considered polyploid
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What is aneuploidy
Variation in the number of particular chromosomes within a set of Trisomic is having three copies of a chromosome instead of 2 Monosomic is having one copy of a chromosome instead of 2
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Why can aneuploidy cause abnormal phenotypes
It leads to imbalanced amounts of gene products 3 copies of a gene leads to 150 percent production
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Do trisomic and monosomic individuals have a better chance of survival than euploid individuals
No because they are an imbalance of gene products which is detrimental to
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On what chromosomes does aneuploidy occur (not a number)
Autosomal
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What might cause phenotypic effects in aneuploidy
Expression of X linked genes prior to embryonic X linked chromosome inactivation Imbalance in expression of pseudoautosomal genes
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What causes Down syndrome
Failure of chromosome 21 to segregate properly Non disjunction
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Why might Down syndrome be connected to maternal age
A females oocytesare arrested in prophase of meiosis 1 so as she ages her primary oocytes have been arrested for a significantly longer time which contributes to increased frequency of nondisjunction
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What is endopolyploidy
Diploid animals produce tissues that are polyploid
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What are polytene chromosomes
When doubling of pairs of chromosomes produce a bundle of chromosomes that lie together in parallel fashion Also considered repeated chromosome replication
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What is a chromocenter
Where polytene chromosome’s central point aggregate
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Polyploids with an odd number of chromosomes are usually what
Sterile which is a detrimental trait
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What are three ways chromosome number may vary
Meiotic nondisjunction Mitotic nondisjunction Interspecies crosses
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What is nondisjunction
Failure of chromosomes to segregate properly during anaphase Can occur in meiosis I or II
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What does meiotic nondisjunction produce
Haploid cells that have too many or too few chromosomes If this gamete is fertilized the resulting individual will have abnormal chromosomal composition in all of its cells
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If non disjunction occurs in meiosis II what is the probability of abnormal and normal gametes
50% normal 50% abnormal
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What is complete nondisjunction
When all chromosomes that undergo nondisjunction migrate to one daughter cell which results in one diploid cell and one without chromosomes
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What is mitotic nondisjunction
When sister chromatids separate improperly which leads to trisomic and monosomic daughter cells
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What is chromosome loss
One of the sister Chromatids doesn’t migrate to a pole which leads to normal and monosomic daughter cells
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What is mosaicism
Genetic abnormalities that occur after fertilization lead to this Size and location of the mosaic region depends on the timing and location of the original abnormality
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What is autopolyploidy
Increase in the number of sets of a single species
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Alloploidy
Combing of chromosome sets from different species
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Allopolyploidy
When the number of chromosome sets increase in an alloploid
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What is an allotetraploid
Contains two complete sets of chromosomes from two different species

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