Transcript Mendel
Mendelian Inheritance and
Exception and Extensions of
Mendelian Inheritance
Tay-Sachs Disease
Conner Died at 22 months
Mendel
Performed experiments with pea plants in
late 1850’s early 1860’s
Created theories explaining dominance,
segregation, and independent assortment
Work not really noticed until after death
Considered “Father” of genetics
Mendel’s Experiments
Studied seven _______ traits
Seed form (Round and
wrinkled)
Seed color (Yellow and green)
Pod form (Smooth and
constricted)
Pod color (Green and yellow)
Flower Position (Axial and
terminal)
Seed coat color (Gray and
white)
Stem length (Tall and short)
Mendel’s Experiments (cont)
Mendel took a _____-breeding tall and
____-breeding short and cross-pollinated
them (_____ generation)
Result ________ tall (F1 generation)
Repeated with other traits
Conclusion: one form of trait is _________
over the other
Tall is dominant, short is ___________
Dominant vs Recessive
These refer to an action or abundance of
___________
Recessive is often “_____ of function”
If causes disorder, can be severe and earlyonset
Dominant can be “_______ of function”
Mendel’s Experiments (cont)
Mendel self-pollinated the F1 generation
Result: ____ Tall, ___ short (F2 generation)
Repeated with other traits
Conclusion: Each plant has two copies of
trait that ___________ from each other
during gamete formation; gamete used is
chosen at random
Trait Nomenclature
_________- form of a trait
Dominant allele given capital; recessive is same
letter, lower case (T= tall and t=short)
Genotype- ______________________
Homozygous- same two alleles
Homozygous dominant- two dominant (_________)
Homozygous recessive- two recessive (_________)
Heterozygous- two different alleles (_______)
Phenotype- expressed trait
Wild type- expression of most common form of the trait
Mutant- expression of different form of trait resulting
from mutation
Punnett Square
Bookkeeping tool for genetic problems
Gamete possibilities for each parent on each
side
Independent Assortment
Traits are independent of each other if on
different ______________
Mendel got lucky
Most of the seven traits used were on different
chromosomes
Dealing with Two Traits
__________ cross
Two trait Punnett Square
Still list all possible gametes on each side
What are the possible gametes for a parent
who is TtRr?
Dihybrid Cross
Probability
Can be used to determine the outcome of
inheritance
Probability of Simple Events
Probability of Independent Events
Probability of Dependent Events
Pedigree
Pictorial genealogy of a family showing the
inheritance of a particular trait
Individuals are shown and connected using
symbols on pg 88
Can be used
Determine if trait is dominant or recessive
Determine probable carriers within family
Determine probability of inheritance for future
generations
Pedigree Analysis
Pedigree Analysis (cont)
Polydactyly
Beyond Mendelian Inheritance
Sometimes inheritance doesn’t seem to
follow Mendel’s laws
Lethal Alleles
Sometimes the combination of two alleles is
lethal (____________________)
If death is during development, expected
Mendelian ratio is not observed
Multiple Alleles
Trait has more than _________ alleles
Human Blood Groups- ________ system
Three alleles
IA
(codes for an ___-type ID on blood cell)
IB (codes for a ___-type ID on blood cell)
i (codes for ____ ID on blood cell)
Incomplete Dominance
Heterozygotes express phenotype
__________ two homozygous phenotypes
Snap dragon flowers
RR= red
Rr = ________
rr= white
Pink is created because Rr plants don’t have as
much pigment as RR plants do
Codominance
Heterozygotes express _____________ within the
phenotype
Human Blood Groups
IA IA- A blood (only A-type ID on blood cells)
IA i- A blood (only A-type ID on blood cells)
IB IB- B blood (only B-type ID on blood cells)
IB i- B blood (only B-type ID on blood cells)
ii- O blood (no ID on blood cells)
IA IB- AB blood (both A-type and B-type ID on blood
cells)
Epistasis
One gene affects the __________ of another
Bombay phenotype- encodes for
glycoprotein on red blood cell needed to
attach the A-type or B-type ID
A person who is homozygous recessive for
Bombay (____) will have ____ blood
regardless of their ABO genotype
Penetrance
Percentage of how often a genotype is
expressed into a phenotype
____________ penetrance- person with
affected genotype always expresses the
phenotype
____________ penetrance- person with
affected genotype may not show the
phenotype
Expressivity
Expresses the varying _________ of a
phenotype being expressed
Pleiotropy
Occurs when an inherited gene causes many
effects within the body
Can be difficult to trace because symptoms
may vary from person to person
Phenocopy
___________________ creates symptoms
that mimic a genetic phenotype
Genetic Heterogeneity
Different genes can create the same
________________
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondria contain a “mini-chromosome” with
_______ genes
mtDNA mutes rapidly because there is no DNA
repair and high exposure to free radicals
Only inherited from _________ (mother passes to
____ her children)
Genes code mostly for machinery for protein
synthesis
Mitochondrial Disorders
Often affect most tissue with high amounts
of mitochondria
Heteroplasmy- individual has mitochondria
with normal genes and mitochondria with
mutant genes
Creates a wide range of expressivity
Linkage
Linked genes are on the same ___________
Linked traits do not show independent
assortment
Mixing of these traits can only occur during
______________
Linkage Nomenclature
_________ inheritance- inheritance of allele
combination in parents without crossing-over
__________ inheritance- inheritance of allele
combination created during crossing-over
_____ formation- person heterozygous for both
traits has both dominant alleles on one homolog
and both recessive alleles on the other
______ formation- person heterozygous for both
traits has one dominant and one recessive allele on
each homolog
Linkage Map
Linkage results can be used to map out
relative positions of genes on chromosomes
Distance between genes is measured in
centimorgans (equal to the percentage of
recombination occurring between the two)