MIDTERM LECTURE Flashcards
Studied inheritance of traits using pea plants
Develop the laws of inheritance
Between 1856-1863, Mendel experimented
28,000 pea plants.
He found that plants’ offspring retained traits of the parents.
Gregor Mendel
Mendel stated that physical traits are inherited
as
Particles
two forms of a gene (dominant &
recessive)
Alleles
stronger of two genes expressed in
the hybrid; represented by a capital letter (R)
Dominant
gene that shows up less often in a
cross; represented by a lowercase letter
Recessive
- gene combination for a trait
Genotype
- the physical feature resulting from
a genotype.
Phenotype
gene combination involving 2 dominant or 2 recessive genes
Homozygous genotype
- gene combination of one dominant & one recessive allele (e.g. Rr); also called hybrid
Heterozygous genotype
what are the eight pea plant traits
seed shape, seed color, seed texture, pod shape, pod color, flower color, flower position, stem length
the parental generation in a breeding experiment
Parental P1 Generation
the first-generation offspring
in a breeding experiment
F1 generation
the second-generation offspring in a breeding experiment
F2 Generation
cross involving a single trait
Monohybrid cross
cross involving two traits. eg. flower color & plant height
Dihybrid cross
In a cross of parents that are pure for contrasting traits, only one form of the trait will appear in the next
Law of Dominance
During the formation of gametes (eggs or
sperm), the two alleles responsible for a trait
separate from each other.
Alleles for a trait are then “recombined” at
fertilization, producing the genotype for the
traits of the offspring
Law of Segregation
Alleles for different traits are distributed to
sex cells (& offspring) independently of one
another.
This law can be illustrated using dihybrid
crosses
Law of Independent Assortment
A breeding experiment that tracks the
inheritance of two traits
Dihybrid cross
punnett square has 64 boxes… demonstrating that Mendel’s principles apply to the inheritance of multiple traits
The basic concepts are the same as with mono-or dihybrid crosses
each gamete must have ONECOPYOFEACHGENE
random segregation and independent
assortment still apply
Trihybrid Cross
Breaks down multi-hybrid crosses into a series of monohybrid crosses
Combine the individual ratios (multiply)to get the final ratio.
Can find genotypic ratios
Forked-line Method
contain the genetic material that is transmitted from parent to offspring and from cell to cell.
Chromosome
one of the two members of each pair segregates into one daughter nucleus, and the homolog segregates into the other daughter nucleus. Gametes contain one set of chromosomes—they are haploid.
Meiosis
- determining the type of inheritance pattern that a gene follows.
– provide important clues concerning the pattern of inheritance of traits within human families.
Pedigree Analysis