Transcript Genetics Powerpoint JPx

Genetics Notes
Who is Gregor Mendel? “Father of Genetics”
Principle of Independent Assortment – Inheritance of one
trait has no effect on the inheritance of another trait
What is Genetics?
• Genetics – study of how traits are passed from parent
to offspring
What are traits determined by?
• Traits are determined by the genes on the
chromosomes. A gene is a segment of DNA that
determines a trait.
All of our chromosomes
• Chromosomes come in homologous pairs, thus genes
come in pairs.
Homologous pairs – matching genes (not the same
sequence of nucleotides) – one from female parent
and one from male parent
• Example: Humans have 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs.
One set from dad – 23 in sperm
One set from mom – 23 in egg
• One pair of Homologous Chromosomes: label on your
notes
Gene for eye color
(blue eyes)
Homologous pair
of chromosomes
Gene for eye color
(brown eyes)
Alleles – different genes (possibilities) for the same trait –
ex: blue eyes or brown eyes
Dominant and Recessive Genes
• Gene that prevents the other gene from “showing” –
dominant
• Gene that does NOT “show” even though it is present –
recessive
• Symbol – Dominant gene – upper case letter – T
Recessive gene – lower case letter – t
Dominant
color
Recessive
color
Example: Straight thumb is dominant to hitchhiker thumb
T = straight thumb t = hitchhikers thumb
(Always use the same letter for the same alleles—
No S = straight, h = hitchhiker’s)
Straight thumb = TT
Straight thumb = Tt
Hitchhikers thumb = tt
* Must have 2 recessive alleles
for a recessive trait to “show”
• Both genes of a pair are the same –
homozygous or purebred
TT – homozygous dominant
tt – homozygous recessive
• One dominant and one recessive gene –
heterozygous or hybrid
Tt – heterozygous
BB – Black
Bb – Black w/
white gene
bb – White
Genotype and Phenotype
• Combination of genes an organism has (actual gene
makeup) – genotype
Ex: TT, Tt, tt
• Physical appearance resulting from gene make-up –
phenotype
Ex: hitchhiker’s thumb or straight thumb
Part 1 summary questions
• 1. Who is the father of genetics?
• 2. What is the principle of independent assortment?
• 3. What is the difference between a gene and an
allele?
• 4. How do we have two copies of each gene?
• 5. How are traits determined?
• 6. Is having brown hair a phenotype or genotype?
• 7. Can you tell someone’s genotype just by looking at
them?
Part 1 summary questions
1. Who is the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
2. What is the principle of independent assortment?
Genes assort independently form eachother
3. What is the difference between a gene and an allele?
An allele is one of two copies of a gene
4. How do we have two copies of each gene?
We get one from our mother and one from our father
5. How are traits determined?
By the alleles
6. Is having brown hair a phenotype or genotype?
phenotype
7. Can you tell someone’s genotype just by looking at them?
Only if the trait is recessive
Punnett Square and Probability
• Used to predict the possible gene makeup of offspring – Punnett
Square
• There are 6 steps to solve Punnett square problems.
1. Assign letters to your alleles using the dominant trait
ex. If Tall is Dominant, Use T for Tall and t for short
2. Set up the parent’s genotypes
ex. TT x tt
3. Do the Punnett square cross
4. Determine the Genotype percentages
______% Homozygous Dominant
______ % Heterozygous
______ % Homozygous recessive
5. Determine the Phenotype percentages
______% Tall
______ % Tall
______ % short
6. Answer the genetics problem
Punnett Square and Probability
• Example: Black fur (B) is dominant to white fur (b) in mice
1. Cross a heterozygous male with a homozygous recessive female.
Black fur (B)
Heterozygous
male
White fur (b)
White fur (b)
Homozygous
recessive female
White fur (b)
Male = Bb X Female = bb
b
Male gametes - N
(One gene in
sperm)
B
b
b
Bb
Bb
bb
bb
Female gametes – N
(One gene in egg)
Possible offspring – 2N
Write the ratios in the following orders:
Genotypic ratio = 2 Bb : 2 bb
50% Bb : 50% bb
Genotypic ratio
homozygous : heterozygous : homozygous
dominant
recessive
Phenotypic ratio = 2 black : 2 white
50% black : 50% white Phenotypic ratio
dominant : recessive
Cross 2 hybrid mice and give the genotypic ratio and
phenotypic ratio.
B
b
B
BB
Bb
b
Bb
bb
Bb X Bb
Genotypic ratio = 1 BB : 2 Bb : 1 bb
25% BB : 50% Bb : 25% bb
Phenotypic ratio = 3 black : 1 white
75% black : 25% white
Example: A man and woman, both with brown eyes (B)
marry and have a blue eyed (b) child. What are the
genotypes of the man, woman and child?
Bb X Bb
Man = Bb
B
b
B
BB
Bb
b
Bb
bb
Woman = Bb
Diploid and Haploid
• Diploid- 2 copies of the chromosomes – 46
All body cells are diploid except sperm and eggs
• What is the probability of a couple having a boy? Or a girl?
Chance of having female baby? 50%
male baby? 50%
X
X
X
XX
XX
Y
XY
XY
Who determines the sex of the child? father
Incomplete dominance
• When one allele is NOT completely dominant over
another (they blend) – incomplete dominance
Example: In carnations the color red (R) is incompletely
dominant over white (W). The hybrid color is
pink. Give the genotypic and phenotypic ratio from a
cross between 2 pink flowers.
RW X RW
R
R
W
RR RW
W RW WW
Genotypic = 1 RR : 2 RW : 1 WW
Phenotypic = 1 red : 2 pink : 1 white
• When both alleles are expressed – Codominance
Example: In certain chickens black feathers are
codominant with white feathers.
Heterozygous chickens have black and white speckled
feathers.
Sex – linked Traits
• Genes for these traits are
located only on the X
chromosome (NOT on the Y
chromosome)
• X linked alleles always show
up in males whether
dominant or recessive
because males have only
one X chromosome
• Examples of recessive sex-linked disorders:
1. colorblindness – inability to distinguish between
certain colors
You should see 58
(upper left), 18
(upper right), E
(lower left) and 17
(lower right).
Color blindness is the inability to distinguish the differences between certain colors. The most
common type is red-green color blindness, where red and green are seen as the same color.
2. hemophilia – blood won’t clot
What is the
relationship b/t
individual I-1
& III-3?
I
1
Ee
Ee 2
II
3
2
1
4
6
5
III
2
1
5
4
3
IV
1
a. father–son
2
3
4
5
b. mother-niece
c. mother-son
d. uncle-nephew
e. grandfather-grandson
The genotype
of individual
II-2 is
_________.
I
1
Ee
Ee 2
II
3
2
1
4
6
5
III
2
1
5
4
3
IV
1
a. EE
b. Ee
2
c. ee
3
4
5
d.EEee
The chance
that individual
IV-4 is a
carrier is ____.
I
1
II
EE
Ee
3
2
1
Ee 2
4
EE
6
5
III
2
1
5
4
3
IV
1
2
3
4
5
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d.100%
If II-5 is crossed I
with IV-2, the
chance that any II
1
child will be
III
heterozygous is 1
IV
_____.
1
b. 50%
3
2
2
1
a. 25%
Ee
Ee 2
4
2
5
4
3
3
4
6
5
5
c. 75% d. 0%
Example: What would be the possible blood types of
children born to a female with type AB blood and
a male with type O blood?
AB X OO
A
O AO
B
BO
O AO
BO
Children would be type A or B only
Mutations
• Mutation – sudden genetic change (change in base pair
sequence of DNA)
• Can be :
Harmful mutations – organism less able to survive:
genetic disorders, cancer, death
Beneficial mutations – allows organism to better
survive: provides genetic variation
Neutral mutations – neither
harmful nor helpful to organism
• Mutations can occur in 2 ways:
chromosomal mutation or
gene/point mutation
• Examples:
Down’s syndrome – (Trisomy 21) 47 chromosomes,
extra chromosome at pair #21