Sex Linked Drosophilia Flashcards
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In the early 20th century, the geneticist ___ used Drosophilia to provide first evidence supporting the chromosome theory of inheritance
Thomas Hunt Morgan
claims that the chromosomes carry genes and that all genes on a chromosome tend to be inherited together
chromosome theory of inheritance
since Morgan’s time, ___ has been used as a model organism in number of experiments
Drosophilia melanogaster
was the first X-linked traits to be identified in Drosophilia
eye color
what chromosome does eye color in Drosophilia attributed in
X chromosome
wild type eye color red
X^W
white eye color drosophilia melanogaster
X^w
males are said to be ___ in sex linked eye trait
hemizygous
term that describes a person who has only one copy of a gene rather than the usual two copies.
hemizygous
are said to be hemizygous, because they have only one allele for any X-linked chracteristic
males
male drosophila genotype can only be
X^WY or X^wY
female drosophila genotype can be
X^WX^W / X^WX^w/ X^wX^w
materials used in sex linked drosophilia experiment
culture and trap bottle
cotton plug
ether
banana and yeast
filter paper
sorting brush
dissecting microscope
test tube
sterilize empty trap bottle using the ___ at 121oC with 15psi for 30 minutes
autoclave
make ___ for these bottles by cutting gauze into squares and fill with cotton balls, make them larger than the bottle opening so the plug will tight fit
cotton plug
peel the ripe ___. mash them until the mixture is ___
bananas
viscous
pour the mashed bananas into the sterilzied trap bottle, about ___ to ___ centimeters thick at the bottom of the bottles
2-3 centimeters
add a drop of yeast suspension to allow ___
fermentation
cut the filter into strips. Hang the strip in the bottle using the cotton plug, this will serve the site for ___of the flies’ progeny
pupation
s the process by which an insect larva transforms into a pupa, and eventually into an adult
pupation
to immobilize the fruit lies, plug the bottle with cotton moistened with ___
ether
Ether immobilizes flies by disrupting their ___ ___ at the cellular level, essentially causing a temporary state of unconsciousness by interfering with the signals that neurons send to muscles, effectively paralyzing them and preventing movement
nervous system
place the immobilize flies in the petri dish and observe the eye color using the ___ ___
dissecting microscope