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“You will never change your life until you change something that you do daily”
- John C. Maxwell
“There is nothing in the caterpillar that tells you it I going to be a butterfly”
- Buckminster Fuller
Units of Heredity
Chapter 12
Understanding Genetic Disorders
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Down Syndrome is caused by an extra chromosome, but how does one
pass on an extra chromosome?
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Why are color-blindness and baldness typically found only in men?
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Are diseases dominant or recessive like other traits?
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Do sex chromosomes only code for the sex of the offspring or are their
traits associated with each sex chromosome?
Discovery of Sex-Linked Traits
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Thomas Morgan at Columbia University, 1908
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Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
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Discovered link between
specific trait and ____________
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Model organism
X-linked trait
Discovered crossing over
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Genetic recombination
Reciprocal Cross
Reciprocal cross: experiment to test the role of _____ on the
inheritance of a trait
X-Linked Inheritance
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X-linked disorders: genetic disorders caused by
genes found on the X chromosome
 Ex: color blindness
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__________ disorder: genetic disorder that does
not exist in the presence of a functioning allele
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Presence of a defective gene on one allele will result in
the expression of the functional allele on the other
chromosome
____________ recessive disorder: found on non sex
chromosomes
X-linked recessive disorders: found on X
chromosome
Spermatogenesis and the Sex of the Child
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Half of the sperm produced
have X chromosome and
half have Y chromosome
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50% chance of having either a
boy or a girl
X-linked Recessive Disorders: Color Blindness
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Genes that code for red and
green absorbing pigments are
found close together on the
X chromosome
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Females have a back-up X
chromosome, males do not
Check your Understanding
X-linked recessive disorder
Father’s genotype
Hemophilia
In this situation the mother does
not suffer from hemophilia, but
her father had hemophilia. The
father does not suffer from
hemophilia. Predict the chances
of having a son with hemophilia.
Mother’s genotype
Ex.
X
X
X
Y
Check you Understanding
X-linked dominant disorder
Father’s genotype
Rett syndrome
In this situation the mother’s
father had Rett syndrome, while
her mother did not. The father
does not suffer from Rett
syndrome. Predict the chances
of having a daughter with Rett
syndrome.
Mother’s genotype
Ex.
X
X
X
Y
Linked vs. Sex Linked
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Linked traits: genes that are located on the ___________________
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Sex linked or x-linked traits: genes that are located on the X-chromosome
Linked Traits
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Almost always ________
________ during meiosis
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Linked traits violate the
principle of independent
assortment
Crossing Over and Linked Traits
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_______________ chromosomes:
chromosomes with a combination
of alleles that are different from
that of the parent chromosomes
 Due to _____________
Linked Traits
Genes that are located near each other
on the chromosome have a tendency to
be inherited together
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Ex. Red hair and freckles
Autosomal Genetic Disorders
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Genetic disorders associated with non-sex chromosomes or autosomes
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Autosomal recessive disorder: a genetic disorder that occurs
when ______ chromosomes in the pair contain a defective gene
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Ex. Sickle cell anemia, Albinism
Autosomal dominant disorder: a genetic disorder that occurs when
the offspring receives one defective allele from parent
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Typically one of the parents has the disease
Genetic Disorders
Type
Name of Condition
Effects
X-linked recessive
disorders
Hemophilia
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Red-green colorblindness
Faulty blood clotting
Wasting of muscles
Inability to distinguish shades of red from green
Autosomal recessive
disorders
Albinism
Sickle-cell anemia
Cystic fibrosis
Phenylketonuria
Tay-Sachs disease
Werner syndrome
No pigmentation in skin
Anemia, intense pain, infection
Impaired lung function, lung infections
Mental retardation
Nervous system degradation in infants
Premature aging
Autosomal dominant
disorders
Huntington disease
Marfan syndrome
Polydactyly
Brain tissue degradation
Ruptured blood vessels
Extra fingers and toes
Aberrations in
chromosome number
Down syndrome
Turner syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome
Mental retardation, shortened life span
Sterility, short stature
Dysfunctional testicles, feminized features
Aberrations in
chromosome structure
Cri-du-chat syndrome
Fragile-X syndrome
Mental retardation, malformed larynx
Mental retardation, facial deformities
Autosomal Recessive Disorder
__________: a person who does not
suffer rom the recessive genetic
disorder but who carries an allele
for it that can be passed along to
their offspring
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Ex. Person heterozygous for albinism
Autosomal Recessive Disorder
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Sickle-cell anemia: defective
hemoglobin protein causes
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Both mother and father must
have at least one allele for sickle
cell anemia
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25% chance that offspring
will get the disease
Sickle-cell anemia
Autosomal Dominant Disorder
Ex: Huntington's disease
is
Tracking Traits
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___________: family history used to track genetic conditions
Sample Problem
A
= Cystic fibrosis (cc)
= Unaffected (CC or Cc)
CC
E
B
Cc
F
C
G
D
= Polydactyly (PP or Pp)
= Unaffected (pp)
Sample Problem
?
F
A
?
B
C
D
E
Polyploidy
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Polyploidy: a condition in which one or more ____________ of
chromosomes have been added to the genome of a diploid organism
Aneuploidy
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Aneuploidy: a condition in which
an organism has ______________
chromosomes than normally exist
in the species full set
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Possibly responsible for
30% of miscarriages
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30% of pregnancies
end in miscarriage
Down Syndrome is the
result of aneuploidy
Down Syndrome
Nondisjunction
Nondisjunction: failure in the ___________ of homologous chromosomes
(Meiosis 1) or sister chromatids (Meiosis II) during cell division
Genetic Disorders in Sex Chromosomes
Genetic disorders associated with sex
chromosomes are not inherited but are
the result of _______________
Turner Syndrome
 Female with single X chromosome
Klinefelter Syndrome
 Male with extra X chromosome
XYY Male
 Male with extra Y chromosome
XXX Female
 Female with extra X chromosome
Turner Syndrome
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Only one healthy
X-chromosome
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Other chromosome is
missing or altered
Occurs in 1 of 2,500
human females
Characteristics
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____________ between neck
and shoulders
Short stature
Often sterile,
underdeveloped ovaries
Klinefelter’s Syndrome
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Extra x-chromosome
in human males
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Occurs in 1 of 1,000
human males
Characteristics
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Underdeveloped testes
Development of some
female features
___________ and taller than
average
Lower testosterone, infertile
Aneuploidy and Cancer
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Additional or fewer chromosomes in
_________ cells
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Occurs during mitosis
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Not every cell in the body is affected,
as in aneuploidy on sex cells
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Almost all _________ are aneuploidy
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Not sure if a cause of effect of cancer
cells
Structural Aberrations in Chromosomes
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______________: deviation from the normal
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Can occur spontaneously, or as a result of exposure to radiation, viruses, or chemicals
Structural Aberrations in Chromosomes
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Deletion: chromosome fragment breaks off and fails to reconnect with
the chromosome
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Ex: Cri-du-chat syndrome = deletion of section from chromosome 5
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___________: chromosome fragment rejoins chromosome in an inverted
fashion
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Translocation: exchange of pieces from two ___________________
chromosomes
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Duplication: section of DNA is duplicated during crossing over
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Can have negative effect, but can also be beneficial
Cri-du-chat Syndrome
Cri-du-chat Syndrome: results
from a deletion of chromosome 5
Characteristics
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Mental retardation
Improperly developed ______
Small head
Low-set ears
Missing section of
chromosome 5
Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnostics (PGD)
Screening of genotype of potential embryos
prior to in-vitro fertilization (IFV)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Hormones stimulate egg maturation
Egg collection
Fertilization
Removal of embryonic cell during 8-cell stage
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Couples with family history of genetic
disorders
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Parents can choose _____ of child
Methods of Fetal Testing
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___________________: cells
obtained from amniotic fluid
of 14-18 week old fetus
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Chorionic villus sampling
(CVS): sample taken from
placenta tissue at 8-10 weeks
of development