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Homunculus

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sperm contained fully formed “little
people

Like begets like: offspring are like their parents

Everything from the egg: females controlled all traits

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Paternal heredity

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males control all traits

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Blending inheritance

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offspring were the average
between both parents

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Inheritance of acquired characters

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changes happening to parents could be passed on to offspring

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Pangenesis

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the idea that particles called “gemmules”
carry the traits we inherit.

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Gregor Johann Mendel

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Considered the father of
genetics

Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity by breeding garden peas in carefully planned experiments

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character

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A heritable feature that varies among individuals (such as flower color)

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trait

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Each variant for a character, such as purple or white color for flowers

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truebreeding

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plants that produce offspring of the same variety when they self-pollinate

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hybridization

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a process of mating two contrasting, true-breeding varieties

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P generation

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true-breeding parents

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F1 generation

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The hybrid offspring of the P generation

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F2 generation

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When F1 individuals self-pollinate or cross-pollinate with other F1 hybrids

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Phenotype

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the characteristic version of a trait we actually see. Example: purple flower or blue eyes

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Alleles

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specific versions of a “hereditary particle” (today= versions of a gene)

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Laws of Probability first concept

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alternative versions of genes account for variations in inherited characters

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Laws of Probability second concept

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that for each character an organism inherits two alleles, one from each parent

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Probability basics multiplication rule

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For independent events A and B, the probability (P) of both occurring (A and B) is (PA x PB)

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Probability basics sum rule

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For mutually exclusive events A and B, the probability (P) that at least one occurs (A or B) is (PA + PB)

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Laws of Probability third concept

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if the two alleles at a locus differ, then one (the dominant allele) determines the organism’s appearance, and the other (the recessive allele) has no noticeable effect on appearance

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Laws of Probability four concept

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known as the Law of Segregation, states that the two alleles for a heritable character separate (segregate) during gamete formation and end up in different gametes

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monohybrids

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individuals that are heterozygous for one character

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monohybrid cross

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A cross between such heterozygotes

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dihybrids

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Crossing two true-breeding parents differing in two characters, heterozygous for both characters

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Mendelian Ratios 3:1
3 Dominant Phenotype 1 Recessive Phenotype
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Mendelian Ratios 9:3:3:1
9 Double Dominant Phenotypes 3 Dominant/Recessive Phenotypes 3 Recessive/Dominant Phenotypes 1 Double Recessive Phenotypes
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Complete dominance
phenotypes of the heterozygote and dominant homozygote are identical
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incomplete dominance
the phenotype of F1 hybrids is somewhere between the phenotypes of the two parental varieties (snapdragon colors)
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codominance
two dominant alleles affect the phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways (blood type)
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The alleles for ABO blood groups
I^A, I^B, i
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Phenotype A blood type
I^A I^A, I^A i
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Phenotype B blood type
I^B I^B, I^B i
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Phenotype O blood type
ii
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Phenotype AB blood type
I^A I^B
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Homeotic mutants
affect development and potentially many characters
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Sex Linked Traits
Traits located on X, Y chromosomes or sex chromosomes
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Human Sex Linked Traits two types
Recessive lethal Dominant lethal
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Carriers
heterozygous individuals who carry the recessive allele but are phenotypically normal
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Risks of incest
If a recessive allele that causes a disease is rare, it is unlikely that two carriers will meet and mate Consanguineous matings (that is, between close relatives) increase the chance that both parents of a child carry the same rare allele
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Cystic fibrosis
most common lethal genetic disease in the United States, striking one out of every 2,500 people of European descent allele results in defective or absent chloride transport channels in plasma membranes, leading to a buildup of chloride ions outside the cell Symptoms include mucus buildup in some internal organs and abnormal absorption of nutrients in the small intestine
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Sickle-cell disease
affects one out of 400 African-Americans caused by the substitution of a single amino acid in the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells In homozygous individuals, all hemoglobin is abnormal (sickle-cell) Symptoms include physical weakness, pain, organ damage, and even paralysis
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Heterozygotes for sickle cell trait
usually healthy but may suffer some symptoms About one out of ten African-Americans has sickle-cell trait, an unusually high frequency Heterozygotes are less susceptible to the malaria parasite, so there is an advantage to being heterozygous in regions where malaria is common
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Dominantly Inherited Disorders
causes a lethal disease are rare and arise by mutation
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Huntington’s disease
a degenerative disease of the nervous system The disease has no obvious phenotypic effects until the individual is about 35 to 40 years of age Once the deterioration of the nervous system begins, the condition is irreversible and fatal
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Pairs of Unit Factors, or Genes
The first concept is that alternative versions of genes account for variations in inherited characters
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Law of Dominance
The third concept is that if the two alleles at a locus differ, then one (the dominant allele) determines the organism’s appearance, and the other (the recessive allele) has no noticeable effect on appearance
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Equal Segregation of Alleles
the two alleles for a heritable character separate (segregate) during gamete formation and end up in different gametes
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Independent Assortment
How one Allele segregates has no affect on how another Allele segregates Linked Genes Violate the Law of Independent Assortment
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Epistasis
One gene controls the expression of another Dog color, One gene determines the pigment color (with alleles B for black and b for brown) The other gene (with alleles E for color and e for no color) determines whether the pigment will be deposited in the hair modified versions of 9:3:3:1
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Polygenic Inheritance
Quantitative characters are those that vary in the population along a continuum Quantitative variation usually indicates polygenic inheritance
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polygenic inheritance
an additive effect of two or more genes on a single phenotype (skin color)
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chromosome theory of inheritance
Mendelian genes have specific loci (positions) on chromosomes Chromosomes undergo segregation and independent assortment
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first solid evidence associating a specific gene with a specific chromosome
Thomas Hunt Morgan, an embryologist Morgan’s experiments with fruit flies provided convincing evidence that chromosomes are the location of Mendel’s heritable factors
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wild type
normal, phenotypes that were common in the fly populations
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mutant phenotypes
Traits alternative to the wild type
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chromosomal basis of sex determination
two varieties of sex chromosomes: a larger X chromosome and a smaller Y chromosome Only the ends of the Y chromosome have regions that are homologous with the X chromosome
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SRY gene on the Y chromosome
Codes for the development of testes through increase of testosterone
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sex-linked gene
A gene located on either sex chromosome In humans, sex-linked usually refers to a gene on the larger X chromosome
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For a recessive sex-linked trait to be expressed
A female needs two copies of the allele A male needs only one copy of the allele Sex-linked recessive disorders are much more common in males than in females
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Some disorders caused by recessive alleles on the X chromosome in humans
Color blindness Duchenne muscular dystrophy Hemophilia
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inactive X in mammalian females
one of the two X chromosomes in each cell is randomly inactivated during embryonic development and condenses into a Barr body
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How many genes are on a chromosome
hundreds or thousands of genes
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linked genes
Genes located on the same chromosome that tend to be inherited together
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genetic recombination
the production of offspring with combinations of traits differing from either parent
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parental types
Offspring with a phenotype matching one of the parental phenotypes
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recombinant types, or recombinants
Offspring with nonparental phenotypes (new combinations of traits)
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Chiasmata
crossing over of homologous chromosomes some process must sometimes break the physical connection between genes on the same chromosome
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genetic map
an ordered list of the genetic loci along a particular chromosome
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A crossover event and loci of gene on chromosome relation
the farther apart two genes are, the higher the probability that a crossover will occur between them and therefore the higher the recombination frequency
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linkage map
a genetic map of a chromosome based on recombination frequencies
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one map unit, or centimorgan
Distances between genes can be expressed as map units, represents a 1% recombination frequency Map units indicate relative distance and order, not precise locations of genes Genes that are far apart on the same chromosome can have a recombination frequency near 50%
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Cytogenetic maps
the positions of genes with respect to chromosomal features
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Large-scale chromosomal alterations
often lead to spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) or cause a variety of developmental disorders
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nondisjunction
pairs of homologous chromosomes do not separate normally during meiosis one gamete receives two of the same type of chromosome, and another gamete receives no copy
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Aneuploidy
the fertilization of gametes in which nondisjunction occurred Offspring with this condition have an abnormal number of a particular chromosome
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Two types of Aneuploidy
monosomic zygote trisomic zygote
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monosomic
zygote has only one copy of a particular chromosome
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trisomic
three copies of a particular chromosome
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Polyploidy
a condition in which an organism has more than two complete sets of chromosomes
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Triploidy
(3n) is three sets of chromosomes
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Tetraploidy
(4n) is four sets of chromosomes Polyploidy is common in plants, but not animals Polyploids are more normal in appearance than aneuploids
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four types of changes in chromosome structure
Deletion Duplication Inversion Translocation
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Deletion
removes a chromosomal segment
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Duplication
repeats a segment
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Inversion
reverses a segment within a chromosome
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Translocation
moves a segment from one chromosome to another
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Down syndrome
an aneuploid condition that results from three copies of chromosome 21 It affects about one out of every 700 children born in the United States
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Klinefelter syndrome
the result of an extra chromosome in a male, producing XXY individuals
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Monosomy X Turner syndrome
produces X0 females, who are sterile; it is the only known viable monosomy in humans
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syndrome cri du chat (“cry of the cat”)
results from a specific deletion in chromosome 5 A child born with this syndrome is mentally retarded and has a catlike cry; individuals usually die in infancy or early childhood
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Certain cancers, including chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
caused by translocations of chromosomes
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genomic imprinting
involves the silencing of certain genes that are “stamped” with an imprint during gamete production the result of the methylation (addition of –CH3) of DNA

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