Unit 11 Flashcards
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Heredity
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the delivery of traits from parent to offspring
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Genetics
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the scientific study of heredity
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blending hypothesis
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inherited traits are determined from the blending together of material from parents
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How did Mendel discover the basic principles of heredity?
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Mendel cross-fertilized pea plants
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Cross-fertilization
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fertilization of one plant from pollen of ANOTHER plant
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True Breeding Plant
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plant that only produces offspring with the same traits when it self-fertilizes
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What was Mendel’s argument about his results? (2)
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1) A unit of heredity can exist in more than 1 form
2) An organism inherits two units of heredity (alleles), one from each parent
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Alleles
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alternate versions of a gene
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Dominant Allele
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allele that is fully expressed in the organism’s appearance
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Recessive Allele
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allele that only influences the organism’s appearance when the dominant allele is not present
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Homozygous
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an organism having a pair of identical alleles for a character
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Heterozygous
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an organism that has two different alleles for a gene
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Phenotype
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an organism’s traits (what you see)
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Genotype
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an organism’s genetic makeup (combination of alleles)
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The Law of Segregation
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Two alleles separate during meiosis so that each gamete contains only one allele for each gene
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The Law of Dominance (2)
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- if an organism has two alleles, the dominant allele will determine the trait
- the unexpressed allele is recessive
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Punnett Square
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diagram used to determine the expected ratio of genotypes and phenotypes in the offspring of parents with known genotypes
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Testcross
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a mating between an individual of dominant phenotype and unknown genotype and a homozygous recessive organism
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How do you analyze testcross results? (2)
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- If all offspring have dominant phenotype, then the parent is homozygous dominant
- If half offspring have dominant phenotype and half have recessive, then the parent is heterozygous
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Dihybrid Cross
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the crossing of parental varieties differing in two characteristics
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What are possible outcomes of a dihybrid cross? (2)
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- dependent assortment
- independent assortment
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Dependent Assortment
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traits are transmitted as a package
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Independent Assortment
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traits are transmitted independently
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Law of Independent Assortment
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the inheritance of one trait has no effect on the inheritance of another
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Unlinked Alleles
alleles located on different chromosomes
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What can unlinked alleles do?
move independently during meiosis and get sorted into gametes independently
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What is a family pedigree? (2)
- Shows the history of a trait in a family
- Allows geneticists to analyze how human traits are inherited
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How many symbols are used in family pedigrees?
2
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What are the symbols for male and female on a pedigree?
- circle for female
- square for male
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What indicates that an individual has a disease on a family pedigree?
the square or circle is shaded
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What does a horizontal line signify on a family pedigree?
the parents having children
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What does a vertical line signify on a family pedigree?
children
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What do overhead connections signify?
siblings
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Wild-type Traits
those seen most often in nature (not necessarily dominant!)
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How are genetic disorders caused?
mutated/changed alleles that alter protein function
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What does the loss of normal protein function cause?
symptoms of disorders through hypo/hyper activity
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Autosomal Disorders
mutated genes are on autosomes (not sex chromosomes)
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Sex-Linked Disorders
disorders-mutated gene is on a sex chromosome
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Dominant Disorders
caused by mutated dominant allele
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Recessive Disorders (2)
- caused by mutated recessive allele
- more common
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How can autosomal recessive disorders appear? (2)
- Homozygous recessive individuals have the disorder
- Heterozygous individuals are carriers with “normal” phenotype
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Carrier
heterozygous individual who appears normal but carries a recessive disease-causing allele
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What is an example of an autosomal recessive disorder?
cystic fibrosis
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What is cystic fibrosis?
it causes chronic lungs disease
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What happens with cystic fibrosis as a result of the defective gene? (3)
- thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs
- malabsorption
- malnutrition
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How can autosomal dominant disorders appear?(2)
- Heterozygous & homozygous dominant individuals have dominant disorders
- Only one dominant allele is needed to develop symptoms
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What is an example of an autosomal dominant disorder?
Huntington's disease
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What is Huntington's disease?
a neurodegenerative disorder
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What does the Huntington's disease protein cause?
- protein aggregates in brain cells
- death
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What is a side effect of Huntington's disease?
involuntary movement
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Genetic Test
test that can detect the presence of disease-causing alleles
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What are genetic tests that can be done? (2)
- amniocentesis
- chronic villus sampling
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What are some patterns that cannot be explained by Mendel's laws? (5)
1) multiple alleles
2) codominance
3) polygenic traits
4) pleiotropy
5) environmental factors
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How many alleles are there for the human ABO gene?
3
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How is the A gene represented?
I^A
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How is the B gene represented?
I^B
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How is the O gene represented?
i
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What are the possible genotypes for A? (2)
I^AI^A and I^Ai
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What are the possible genotypes for B? (2)
I^BI^B and I^Bi
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What is the possible genotype for O
ii
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What is the possible genotype for AB?
I^AI^B
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What blood type is the universal donor?
O negative
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Codominance (2)
- both alleles in the genes pair of a heterozygote are fully expressed
- no dominant or recessive allele
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What is an example of codominant alleles?
I^A and I^B
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Polygenic Traits (2)
- exhibit continuous variation
- many genes control a single trait
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Continuous Variation
phenotypes display a continuous spectrum in the population, not either or
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What are examples of continuous variation? (2)
- skin color
- height
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How is continuous variation created?
combining the effects of alleles from multiple genes
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Pleiotropy
when a single gene controls or influences multiple metabolic pathways and has multiple phenotypic effects
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What disease is an example of pleiotropy?
cystic fibrosis
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Environmental Factors
The environment can increase the variation in a trait
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What are some examples of traits that are controlled by environmental factors? (2)
- human height
- freckling in humans
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What are environmental factors that can influence human height? (2)
- diet
- health
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What is an environmental factor that can influence freckling?
the amount of sunlight and its intensity
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Biological Sex Determination (4)
- Human somatic cells have 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes (genes that determine biological sex)
- Females are XX
- Males are XY
- chances of conceiving a male or female child (assigned at birth) are equal
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Sex-linked traits (3)
- Most sex-linked traits are located on the x chromosome
- A much smaller number of sex-linked traits are found on the Y-chromosome
- Sex-linked traits can be recessive or dominant
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X-linked recessive traits in males (3)
- Males only need 1 recessive allele to have the trait
-A man with hemophilia is XhY
- Men are more likely to have recessive X-linked traits because they only have one chance (one X chromosome) to get the healthy allele
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X-linked recessive traits in females (3)
- Females need 2 recessive alleles to have the trait
-A woman with hemophilia is XhXh
-A woman who is a carrier is XHXh
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What are two examples of X-linked recessive disorders?
- Color blindness
- Hemophilia
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What is Hemophilia? (3)
- An x-linked recessive disorder where protein used for blood clotting is not produced
- Clotting factor proteins are needed to stop bleeding following injury
- Small injuries can cause excessive bleeding and death
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What is the inheritance of Hemophilia? (3)
- A man with hemophilia is XhY
- A woman with hemophilia is XhXh
- A woman who is a carrier is XHXh
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What is an X-linked dominant trait? (3)
- Refers to situations where a single dominant allele on the X chromosome can lead to a trait/condition
- Extremely rare
- Affected fathers pass the trait to ALL of their daughters in pedigrees
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What is an example of an X-linked dominant trait? (3)
- X-linked rickets (bone lesions)
- A man with X-linked rickets is XHY
- A woman with X-linked rickets is XHXh or XHXH
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What is independent assortment? (2)
- When the inheritance of one trait has no effect on the inheritance of another
- Genes on *separate* chromosomes move through meiosis independently
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Linked Genes (3)
- are located on the same chromosome
- move together through meiosis and fertilization
- are inherited together unless uncoupled by crossing over
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What is a linkage group?
Genes located on the same chromosome
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Unlinked Genes
Located on different chromosomes
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How does crossing over unlink genes? (2)
- The further apart alleles are on a chromosome, the more likely crossing over will separate them and they will be inherited as though they are not linked
- Linked alleles located closely on a chromosome are less likely to be separated by crossing over
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Who was TH Morgan? (2)
- The first to propose the linkage of genes and that characteristics are inherited together
- When mating fruit flies, his observed offspring ratios that were different from what he predicted assuming independent assortment
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Key proposals made by TH Morgan (2)
- Alleles for linked traits are on a shared chromosome and don’t independently assort
- Linked alleles could be uncoupled via crossing over (recombination) to create alternative phenotypic combinations, but these new phenotypes would occur at a much lower frequency
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What is a parental offspring?
Same phenotype as one of the parents
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What is a recombinant offspring?
Phenotypes differ from either parent
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What is recombinant frequency? (2)
- The percentage of recombinant offspring among the total
- Calculated by dividing # of recombinants by total offspring and multiplying by 100
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Why do ‘unlinked’ recombinant phenotypes occur less frequently than the ‘linked’ parental phenotypes?
Because crossing over is a random process
