Inheritance (3.4, 10.2) Flashcards
What concepts did Gregor Mendel discover and how did he discover these?
The law of allele segregation, the principle of dominance and independent assortment. He discovered these concepts by performing experiments on pea plants.
Phenotype
A structure, process, behaviour or feature of an organism that is determined by its genotype. Observable characteristics.
Genotype
An organism’s genetic makeup.
Heterozygous
Two different alleles eg. Tt
Homozygous
Identical copies of the allele eg. TT or tt
1st filial
The heterozygous (Tt) offspring of a cross between two purebred parents (eg. TT and tt).
2nd filial
The offspring of a cross between two 1st filial offspring.
What is a Punnett square?
A predicted ratio for all possible allele combinations for potential offspring of one gene.
What is a test cross used for?
To tell if the dominant phenotype is homozygous (eg. TT) or heterozygous (eg. Tt). A plant w the dominant phenotype is mated with a homozygous recessive plant.
How is a dihybrid test cross carried out?
An unknown genotype is mated with a known homozygous recessive. If the unknown parent is homozygous dominant (AABB) all offspring will express the dominant phenotype. If the unknown parent is heterozygous (AaBb) half the offspring should be dominant and half recessive.
What is incomplete dominance?
When one allele is not completely dominant over the other. The heterozygote is a mixture of the two alleles eg. a pink flower formed by a red flower crossed with a white flower.
What is co-dominance?
When both alleles are independently and equally expressed in the heterozygote. Eg. a mixture of red and white hairs NOT pink hair
Define the term lethal alleles
Lethal alleles are gene mutations that result in a gene product that is non functional and affects the organisms survival.
What are the human ABO blood grouping genotypes?
A = IAIA or IAi
B = IBIB or IBi
AB = IAIB
O = ii
What does homogametic mean?
Two similar sex chromosomes. Eg. Females are XX