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Announcements
1. You should be working on chapter 6 problems: 10, 14,
15, 28 (not to turn in).
2. Reminder- papers on “Monk in the garden” due in lab
section 10/1, 10/2 (next week). I encourage you to see
me to discuss your outlines. I will look over first drafts if
received on or before Monday 9/30.
3. Grading of Exam 1 should be completed Friday. Correct
answers will be posted in the lab.
Review of Last Lecture
I. Genes linked on the same chromosome segregate together
- linkage affects types of gametes that are formed;
contrast to independent assortment when genes are not
linked
- linkage affects phenotypic ratios in the F2 and in
testcrosses
II. Crossing-over
- Recombination is caused by linear arrangement of
genes and crossing over.
- Frequency of recombination is determined by distance
between genes
Outline of Lecture 12
I.
Single crossovers
II.
Three-point mapping
III.
Determining the order of genes
IV. Linkage and mapping in haploid organisms
V.
Somatic cell hybridization - human chromosome maps
I. Single Crossovers: Non-crossover
(Parental) and Crossover (Recombinant)
Gametes
What is the maximum % recombination?
Genetic Map of Drosophila melanogaster
II. Three-Point Mapping
• You can add % recombination between two genes to
find the order of genes pretty well.
• But the only way to be sure of the order of three
genes is by Three-Point Mapping, which considers 3
genes at once.
• You look for rare double-crossover events, and that is
the clue to the gene order.
Double Crossovers
Probability of Double Crossovers
• Equals product of each of their individual probabilities:
– if PAxB = 0.20 and PBxC = 0.30 then
– PAxBxC = (0.20)(0.30) = 0.06 = 6 %
• Criteria for 3-point mapping cross:
– Crossover gametes heterozygous at all loci
– Genotypes can be determined from phenotypes
– Sufficient numbers for representative sample
3-Point Mapping in Drosophila
• Cross a y ec w female
with wildtype male to
get triply heterozygous
mutant female and triply
hemizygous mutant
male.
• Cross the F1 and
examine the F2
phenotypes:
– NCO: noncrossover
– SCO: single
crossover (2 types)
– DCO: double
crossover
• NCO:
y ec w
+ + + 4759
• SCO:
y + + 80
+ ec w70
y + w 193
+ ec + 207
• DCO:
y ec + 3
++w 3
• Total:
100%
4685
94.44%
1.50%
4.00%
0.06%
1000
3-point Mapping Explanation
III. To Deduce the Order from a
3-Point Cross: Method 1
1. Group the 8 phenotypic groups into 4 reciprocal
pairs.
2. The Non-crossover (NCO) pair is the largest group.
The Double crossover (DCO) pair is the smallest
group.
3a. Note which gene “switches” from the parental
arrangement in DCO (present on its own) - that one
is in the middle.
Possible Orders of 3 Genes
• If yellow were in the middle, yellow phenotype would show up in DCO.
• If echinus were in the middle, echinus phenotype would show up in DCO.
• white is actually in the middle since white phenotype shows up in actual
DCO data.
To Deduce the Order from a 3-Point Cross:
Method 2
3b. Assume one of the 3 possible gene orders and work
the problem. If you later find a contradiction, try one of
the other orders.
4b. Determine whether a DCO with your arrangement will
produce the observed DCO phenotypes.
– You will encounter a contradiction unless you have
chosen the correct gene order. Keep trying until you
get the right one.
To calculate recombination %:
• Total crossovers between y and w (SCO1 + DCO) :
(80 70 3 3)
1.56%
1000
• Total crossovers between w and ec (SCO2 + DCO) :
(193 207 3 3)
4.06%
1000
Types of Double Exchanges:
Not All are Detectable
Creighton and McClintock Experiment
Proved Crossing Over was a Physical Event
• In maize, colorless (c)/colored (C), starchy (Wx)/waxy
(wx) linked on chromosome 9.
• Cytological markers on one parental homolog (knob
on one end and translocated segment on the other
end) allowed direct observation.
Crossovers Between Sister
Chromatids (SCEs)
• Revealed by “Harlequin”
chromosomes labeled during
DNA replication
• Occurs between mitotic
sister chromatids.
• No recombination
• Significance unknown, but
increased incidence
correlated with some human
diseases.
3-point Mapping in Maize
bm (brown midrib), v (virescent seedling), and pr
(purple aleurone)
Results of Cross
Questions
• What is the heterozygous arrangement of alleles in
the female parent?
• What is the gene order?
• What are the map distances between each pair of
genes?
IV. Linkage and mapping in haploid organisms
Chlamydomonas and the Benefits of Sex
Sex
Reproduction
Life Cycle of
Fungi
Neurospora and
Sordaria
Note different meaning of “tetrad”
Tetrad Analysis
Mapping the Centromere
• Essentially like 2-point mapping problem between
one gene locus and the centromere.
• Identify first-division segregation (may or may not be
most common group) from second-division
segregation.
• D = 1/2(second-division segregant asci)/total.
• For example, if there are 65 first-division asci and 70
second-division asci, then D = 1/2(70/135) = 0.259 or
26 map units.
V. Human Chromosomes have been Mapped by
Somatic-cell Hybridization
• Two cells from mouse and human fused to form
heterokaryon (two nuclei in common cytoplasm).
• Nuclei fuse to form synkaryon and lose human
chromosomes over time.
• Gene products are assayed and correlated with
remaining human chromosomes.
• Genes also mapped by pedigree analysis and
recombinant DNA techniques.
Example
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Gene A:
Gene B:
Gene C:
Gene D:
Human Chromosome Maps
Why didn’t Mendel Observe Linkage?
• There are 7 chromosomes and 7 genes
• Did he get one gene per chromosome?
• Genes are located on four chromosomes, but far enough apart to seem
unlinked (frequent crossing over creates independent assortment).
• He should have seen linkage if he had mated dwarf plants with wrinkled
pea, but he apparently didn’t do this experiment.