Ch11.1 Mendelelian Genetics

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Ch11.1Mendelelian Genetics
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Gregor Mendel(1822-1884)
Responsible for the Laws governing Inheritance of
Traits
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Gregor Johann Mendel

• Austrian monk
• Studied the inheritance of traits in pea plants
• Developed the laws of inheritance
• Mendel's work was not recognized until the turn
  of the 20th century

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Gregor Johann Mendel

• Between 1856 and 1863, Mendel cultivated and
  tested some 28,000 pea plants
• He found that the plants' offspring retained
  traits of the parents
• Called the Father of Genetics"

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Site of Gregor Mendels experimental garden in
the Czech Republic
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Particulate Inheritance

• Mendel stated that physical traits are inherited
  as particles
• Mendel did not know that the particles were
  actually Chromosomes DNA

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Genetic Terminology

• Trait - any characteristic that can be passed
  from parent to offspring
• Heredity - passing of traits from parent to
  offspring
• Genetics - study of heredity

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Mendels approach to studying heredity

• Carefully control the experiment
• Study one trait at a time
• Write down ALL your data and analyze it
  mathematically
• Work with an organism that is easy to take care
  of and can grow many generations quickly.
• Each plant has only 2 forms of a given trait

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Genes and Environment Determine Characteristics
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Lets look at Mendels Pea Plant Experiments
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Why peas, Pisum sativum?

• Can be grown in a small area
• Produce lots of offspring
• Produce pure plants when allowed to
  self-pollinate several generations
• Can be artificially cross-pollinated

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Reproduction in Flowering Plants

• Pollen contains sperm
• Produced by the stamen
• Ovary contains eggs
• Found inside the flower

Pollen carries sperm to the eggs for
fertilization Self-fertilization can occur in the
same flower Cross-fertilization can occur between
flowers
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Mendels Experimental Methods

• Mendel hand-pollinated flowers using a paintbrush
• He could snip the stamens to prevent
  self-pollination
• He traced traits through the several generations

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How Mendel Began
Mendel produced pure strains by allowing the
plants to self-pollinate for several generations
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Eight Pea Plant Traits

• Seed shape --- Round (R) or Wrinkled (r)
• Seed Color ---- Yellow (Y) or  Green (y)
• Pod Shape --- Smooth (S) or wrinkled (s)
• Pod Color ---  Green (G) or Yellow (g)
• Seed Coat Color ---Gray (G) or White (g)
• Flower position---Axial (A) or Terminal (a)
• Plant Height --- Tall (T) or Short (t)
• Flower color --- Purple (P) or white (p)

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Mendels Experimental Results
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• Did the observed ratio match the theoretical
  ratio?

The theoretical or expected ratio of plants
producing round or wrinkled seeds is 3 round 1
wrinkled Mendels observed ratio was 2.961 The
discrepancy is due to statistical error The
larger the sample the more nearly the results
approximate to the theoretical ratio
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More Terminology

• Gene A segment of DNA that codes for a trait
  (protein)
• Alleles - two forms of a gene (dominant
  recessive)
• Gamete Sex cells (egg, sperm)

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More Terminology

• Dominant - stronger of two genes expressed in the
  hybrid represented by a capital letter (T or R
  or Y)
• Recessive - gene that shows up less often in a
  cross represented by a lowercase letter (t or r
  or y)
• Hybrid An individual whose parents carry
  different forms of a specific trait

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What is a Punnett Square?

• Short hand way to predict offspring genotypes
• Shows all possible combination of gametes and the
  chance that each will occur

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Types of Genetic Crosses

• Monohybrid cross cross involving a single
  trait
• example flower color
• Dihybrid cross cross involving two traits
• example flower color plant height

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More Terminology

• Genotype - gene combination for a trait (e.g. RR,
  Rr, rr) what you dont see
• Phenotype - the physical feature resulting from
  a genotype (e.g. red, white)what you do see

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Genotype Phenotype in Flowers
Genotype of allelesR red flowerr yellow
flower All genes occur in pairs, so 2 alleles
affect a characteristic Possible combinations
are
Genotypes RR Rr rr Phenotypes RED RED
YELLOW
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Genotypes

• Homozygous genotype - gene combination involving
  2 dominant or 2 recessive genes (e.g. RR or rr)
  also called pure 
• Heterozygous genotype - gene combination of one
  dominant one recessive allele    (e.g. Rr)
  also called hybrid

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Generation Gap

• Parental P1 Generation the parental generation
  in a breeding experiment.
• F1 generation the first-generation offspring in
  a breeding experiment. (1st filial generation)
• From breeding individuals from the P1 generation
• F2 generation the second-generation offspring
  in a breeding experiment. (2nd filial
  generation)
• From breeding individuals from the F1 generation

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Following the Generations
Cross 2 Pure PlantsTT x tt
Results in all HybridsTt
Cross 2 Hybridsget3 Tall 1 ShortTT, Tt, tt
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Monohybrid Crosses
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Purpose for a Monohybrid Cross?
To cross 2 parents that differ by 1 trait to
determine possible offspring
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P1 Monohybrid Cross

• Trait Seed Shape
• Alleles R Round r Wrinkled
• Cross Round seeds x Wrinkled seeds
• RR x rr

Genotype Rr Phenotype Round GenotypicRatio
All alike PhenotypicRatio All alike
r
r
Rr
Rr
R
R
Rr
Rr
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P1 Monohybrid Cross Review

• Homozygous dominant x Homozygous recessive
• Offspring all Heterozygous (hybrids)
• Offspring called F1 generation
• Genotypic Phenotypic ratio is ALL ALIKE

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F1 Monohybrid Cross

• Trait Seed Shape
• Alleles R Round r Wrinkled
• Cross Round seeds x Round seeds
• Rr x Rr

Genotype RR, Rr, rr Phenotype Round
wrinkled G.Ratio 121 P.Ratio 31
r
R
RR
Rr
R
r
rr
Rr
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F1 Monohybrid Cross Review

• Heterozygous x heterozygous
• Offspring25 Homozygous dominant RR50
  Heterozygous Rr25 Homozygous Recessive rr
• Offspring called F2 generation
• Genotypic ratio is 121
• Phenotypic Ratio is 31

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What Do the Peas Look Like?
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And Now the Test Cross

• Mendel then crossed a pure a hybrid from his F2
  generation
• This is known as an F2 or test cross
• There are two possible testcrossesHomozygous
  dominant x HybridHomozygous recessive x Hybrid

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F2 Monohybrid Cross (1st Test)

• Trait Seed Shape
• Alleles R Round r Wrinkled
• Cross Round seeds x Round seeds
• RR x Rr

Genotype RR, Rr Phenotype Round GenotypicRatio
11 PhenotypicRatio All alike
r
R
RR
Rr
R
R
Rr
RR
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F2 Monohybrid Cross (2nd Test)

• Trait Seed Shape
• Alleles R Round r Wrinkled
• Cross Wrinkled seeds x Round seeds
• rr x Rr

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R
Genotype Rr, rr Phenotype Round Wrinkled G.
Ratio 11 P.Ratio 11
Rr
rr
r
r
rr
Rr
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F2 Monohybrid Cross Review

• Homozygous x heterozygous(hybrid)
• Offspring50 Homozygous RR or rr50
  Heterozygous Rr
• Phenotypic Ratio is 11
• Called Test Cross because the offspring have SAME
  genotype as parents

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Practice Your Crosses

• Work the P1, F1, and both F2 Crosses for each of
  the other Seven Pea Plant Traits

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Mendels Laws
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Results of Monohybrid Crosses

• Inheritable factors or genes are responsible for
  all heritable characteristics
• Phenotype is based on Genotype
• Each trait is based on two genes, one from the
  mother and the other from the father
• True-breeding individuals are homozygous (both
  alleles) are the same

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Law of Dominance
In a cross of parents that are pure for
contrasting traits, only one form of the trait
will appear in the next generation. All the
offspring will be heterozygous and express only
the dominant trait. RR x rr yields all Rr (round
seeds)

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Law of Dominance
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Summarize in your own words what the Law of
Dominance means
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Law of Segregation

• During the formation of gametes (eggs or sperm),
  the two alleles responsible for a trait separate
  from each other.
• Alleles for a trait are then "recombined" at
  fertilization, producing the genotype for the
  traits of the offspring.

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Applying the Law of Segregation
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Summarize in your own words what the Law of
Segregation means
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Law of Independent Assortment

• Alleles for different traits are distributed to
  sex cells ( offspring) independently of one
  another.
• This law can be illustrated using dihybrid
  crosses.

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Summarize in your own words what the Law of
Independent Assortment means
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Purpose for a Dihybrid Cross?
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Dihybrid Cross

• A breeding experiment that tracks the inheritance
  of two traits.
• Validates Mendels Law of Independent
  Assortment which means
• a. Each pair of alleles segregates independently
  during gamete formation
• b. Formula 2n (n of heterozygotes)

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QuestionHow many gametes will be produced for
the following allele arrangements?

• Remember 2n (n of heterozygotes)
• 1. RrYy
• 2. AaBbCCDd
• 3. MmNnOoPPQQRrssTtQq

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Answer
1. RrYy 2n 22 4 gametes RY Ry rY
ry 2. AaBbCCDd 2n 23 8 gametes ABCD
ABCd AbCD AbCd aBCD aBCd abCD abCD
3. MmNnOoPPQQRrssTtQq 2n 26 64 gametes
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Dihybrid Cross

• P generation that is RRYY and rryy are crossed,
  so all the offspring will be?
• Traits Seed shape Seed color
• Alleles R round r wrinkled Y
  yellow y green

RRYY x rryy
ry
RY
All possible offspring are heterozygous hybrids
RrYy (Round and Yellow)
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So instead of looking at the P generation, we
focus on the F1 generation
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Dihybrid Cross

• Traits Seed shape Seed color
• Alleles R round r wrinkled Y
  yellow y green

Egg RrYy x Sperm RrYy
RY Ry rY ry
RY Ry rY ry
All possible gamete combinations
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Dihybrid Cross
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Dihybrid Cross
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Dihybrid Cross
Round/Yellow 9Round/green
3wrinkled/Yellow 3wrinkled/green 1 9331
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Summary of Mendels laws
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Practice Problem
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Fill in the blanks Test Cross

• A mating between an individual of unknown
  genotype and a homozygous recessive individual.
• Example bbC__ x bbcc
• BB brown eyes
• Bb brown eyes
• bb blue eyes
• CC curly hair
• Cc curly hair
• cc straight hair

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Test Cross Answer

• Possible results

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• End of section 11.1