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Mendelian and Molecular Genetics
  • Dr. Fernand Gauthier
  • 3321 Biosciences Complex
  • 533-6000 ext. 77661
  • Office Hours
  • Drop-in (Mon-Thurs 10-12 3-4)
  • or by Appointment

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Mendelian and Molecular Genetics
  • Textbook
  • GENETICS Analysis Principles. Brooker, R.,
    2005. 2nd Ed.
  • Readings will be assigned throughout the term
  • Course Website
  • http//seroudelab.biology.queensu.ca16080/Bio205/

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Mendelian and Molecular Genetics
  • Lectures
  • Labs Start Sept 10
  • Biosciences Complex 3312/3319/3326
  • Lab Manuals Available at Bookstore

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Mendelian and Molecular Genetics
  • Mark Breakdown
  • Midterm October 23rd closed book 15
  • Final Exam open book 45
  • Lab 3 reports and 5 quizzesReport 1 Oct
    29-Nov 2 15Report 2 Nov 12-16 10
  • Report 3 Nov 26-30 5
  • Quizzes 2 each

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Course Overview
  • What is the hereditary material?
  • What is DNA?
  • How is DNA copied?
  • What are genes?
  • How do genes work
  • How can we manipulate DNA and genes?

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The relationship between genes and traits
  • Genetics is the study of heredity and variation
  • It is the unifying discipline in biology
  • The central theme in genetics is the gene
  • The gene may be defined as a unit of heredity
  • Genes provide the blueprint that determines the
    traits of an organism

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The Molecular Expression of Genes Within Cells
Leads to an Organisms Outwardly Visible Traits
  • A trait or phenotype is any characteristic that
    an organism displays
  • There are several types of traits
  • Morphological traits
  • Affect the appearance of the organism
  • Example The color of a flower
  • Physiological traits
  • Affect the function of the organism
  • Example Ability to metabolize a sugar
  • Behavioral traits
  • Affect the behaviour of the organism
  • Example circadian rhythm

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The examination of the composition of living
organisms is necessary to understand the
relationship between genes and phenotype
  • All cells are constructed from small organic
    molecules
  • These are linked together by chemical bonds to
    form larger molecules
  • Cells contain four main types of large molecules
  • Nucleic acids
  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Lipids

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The examination of the composition of living
organisms is necessary to understand the
relationship between genes and phenotype
  • Nucleic acids, proteins and carbohydrates are
    termed macromolecules
  • They are polymers constructed from smaller
    molecules called monomers
  • Cellular structures form as a result of the
    interaction of molecules and macromolecules

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Each cell contains many different proteins that
determine cellular structure and function
  • The characteristics of a cell largely depend on
    the proteins it produces
  • Proteins are the workhorses of cells
  • They have diverse biological functions

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Each cell contains many different proteins that
determine cellular structure and function
  • Structural proteins
  • Tubulin
  • Aggregates to form microtubules
  • Plays role in cell shape and movement
  • Contractile proteins
  • Myosin
  • Plays role in muscle contraction
  • Hormonal proteins
  • Insulin
  • Regulates the level of glucose in the blood

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Each cell contains many different proteins that
determine cellular structure and function
  • A particularly important group of proteins are
    the enzymes
  • Enzymes are biological catalysts
  • Catabolic enzymes
  • Involved in the breakdown of large molecules into
    smaller ones
  • Provide energy for the activities of the cell
  • Anabolic enzymes
  • Involved in the synthesis of large molecules from
    smaller ones
  • Provide components for the construction of the
    cell

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DNA Stores the Information for Protein Synthesis
  • The genetic material in living organisms is
    deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
  • DNA encodes the information required to
    synthesize all cellular proteins
  • It is able to do so because of its molecular
    structure

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DNA Stores the Information for Protein Synthesis
  • DNA is a polymer of nucleotides
  • Each nucleotide contains one nitrogenous base
  • Adenine (A)
  • Thymine (T)
  • Cytosine (C)
  • Guanine (G)
  • The genetic information is stored in the linear
    sequence of these bases along the DNA molecule

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DNA Stores the Information for Protein Synthesis
  • For example
  • ATG GGC CTT AGC DNA Sequence
  • Met Gly Leu Ser Protein Sequence
  • TTT AAG CTT GCC DNA Sequence
  • Phe Lys Leu Ala Protein Sequence

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  • The DNA in living cells is contained within large
    structures termed chromosomes
  • Each chromosome is a complex of DNA and proteins
  • An average human chromosome contains
  • More than a 100 million nucleotides
  • 1000-2000 genes

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  • For a given species, cells have a fixed number of
    chromosomes
  • Human somatic cells
  • have 46 chromosomes
  • have 23 homologous pairs
  • are diploid (2n)
  • Total DNA, set of chromosomes genome
  • Diploid genome

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  • For a given species, cells have a fixed number of
    chromosomes
  • Human germinal cells (gametessperm and egg
    cells)
  • have 23 chromosomes
  • are haploid (1n)
  • Haploid genome
  • The union of sperm and egg during fertilization
    restores the diploid number

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The information within the DNA is accessed during
the process of gene expression
  • Gene expression occurs in two steps
  • Transcription
  • The genetic information in DNA is copied into a
    nucleotide sequence of ribonucleic acid (RNA)
  • Translation
  • The nucleotide sequence in RNA is converted
    (using the genetic code) into the amino acid
    sequence of a protein

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Figure 1.6
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  • Traits are controlled, at least in part, by genes
  • The relationship between genes and traits spans
    four levels of biological organization
  • 1. Genes are expressed at the molecular level
  • 2. Proteins function at the cellular level
  • 3. Traits are observed at the organismal level
  • 4. Genes/traits within a particular species can
    also be studied at the populational level

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a. Molecular level
b. Cellular level
c. Organismal level
d. Populational level
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Inherited Differences in Traits Are Due to
Genetic Variation
  • Genetic variation refers to differences in
    inherited traits among individuals within a
    population
  • For example In petunias, white vs. purple
    flowers
  • In some cases, genetic variation is very striking
  • Members of the same species may be misidentified
    as belonging to different species. e.g. Broccoli
    and cauliflower are two kinds of Brassica
    oleracea
  • Genetic variation is the fuel of evolution
  • Members of a species compete for essential
    resources
  • In some individuals, random mutations lead to
    beneficial alleles
  • Individuals are better adapted to the environment
  • These individuals are more likely to survive and
    reproduce
  • Therefore, the beneficial alleles are passed on
    to subsequent generations

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  • Genetic variation is a result of various types of
    changes at the molecular level
  • 1. Gene mutations
  • Small differences in gene sequences
  • Lead to a different version (allele) of the same
    gene
  • 2. Changes in chromosome structure
  • Large segments of the chromosome may be lost or
    duplicated
  • 3. Changes in chromosome number
  • Single chromosomes may be lost or gained
  • A whole set of chromosomes may be inherited

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Traits are also influenced by the environment
  • The traits an individual expresses often do not
    result from its genes alone
  • Rather, traits are a result of the interaction
    between genes and the environment
  • For example, an individuals diet has an effect
    on his/her height and weight
  • In some cases, the environment dictates whether a
    disease is manifested in an individual or not

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FIELDS OF GENETICS
  • Genetics encompasses many biological disciplines
  • Molecular biology / Biochemistry / Biophysics
  • Cell biology
  • Microbiology
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine
  • Population biology
  • It is traditionally divided into three areas
  • Transmission genetics
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Population Genetics

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Transmission Genetics Explores the Inheritance
Patterns of Traits as They Are Passed from
Parents to Offspring
  • Transmission genetics is the oldest field of
    genetics
  • It examines how traits are passed from one
    generation to the next

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Transmission Genetics Explores the Inheritance
Patterns of Traits as They Are Passed from
Parents to Offspring
  • The conceptual framework was provided by Gregor
    Mendel in the 1860s (http//www.mendelweb.org/Mend
    el.html)
  • Genetic determinants pass from parent to
    offspring as discrete units
  • These are now termed genes

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Molecular Genetics Seeks a Biochemical
Understanding of the Hereditary Material
  • Molecular genetics is the most modern field of
    genetics
  • It deals with the gene itself
  • Its features, organization and function
  • Molecular geneticists study model organisms
  • The genes found in these organisms behave
    similarly as those in humans
  • They study mutant genes that have an abnormal
    function
  • Example Loss-of-function mutation

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  • Molecular genetics is covered in
  • Chapters 9-15
  • Structure, replication, expression and regulation
    of the genetic material
  • Chapter 16
  • Mutations and rearrangements of the genetic
    material
  • Chapters 18
  • Recombinant DNA technology and computer-based
    approaches to studying the genetic material

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Population Genetics Is Concerned With Genetic
Variation and Its Role in Evolution
  • Population genetics deals with the genetic
    composition of populations and how it changes
    over time and space
  • It connects the work of Mendel on inheritance to
    that of Darwin on evolution
  • Population genetics is covered in Biol-206

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Mendelian inheritance
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Key questions
  • How is it possible to tell if a phenotype has a
    genetic basis?
  • What is the explanation for the patterns by which
    phenotypes are inherited?
  • Is the pattern for one phenotype independent of
    that for other phenotypes?
  • Is the pattern of inheritance influenced by the
    location of genes in the genome?

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Outline
  • Introduction
  • Autosomal inheritance
  • Single trait inheritance
  • Predicting inheritance
  • Two traits inheritance
  • Cellular and molecular basis
  • X-linked inheritance

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INTRODUCTION
  • Many theories of inheritance have been proposed
    to explain transmission of hereditary traits
  • Theory of Pangenesis
  • Theory of Preformationism
  • Blending Theory of Inheritance

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INTRODUCTION
  • Theory of pangenesis
  • Proposed by Hippocrates (ca. 400 B.C.)
  • Seeds are produced by all parts of the body
  • Collected in the reproductive organs
  • Then transmitted to offspring at moment of
    conception

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INTRODUCTION
  • Theory of preformationism
  • The organism is contained in one of the sex cells
    as a fully developed homunculus
  • Miniature human
  • With proper nourishment the homunculus unfolds
    into its adult proportions
  • The Spermists believed the homunculus was found
    in the sperm
  • The Ovists believed the homunculus resided in
    the egg

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INTRODUCTION
  • Blending theory of inheritance
  • Factors that control hereditary traits are
    maleable
  • They can blend together generation after
    generation

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INTRODUCTION
  • Gregor Mendels pioneering experiments with
    garden peas refuted all of the above!

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Autosomal inheritance Mendel laws
  • Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884) is considered
    the father of genetics
  • Mendel was an Austrian monk
  • His success can be attributed, in part, to
  • His boyhood experience in grafting trees
  • This taught him the importance of precision and
    attention to detail
  • His university experience in physics and natural
    history
  • This taught him to view the world as an orderly
    place governed by natural laws
  • These laws can be stated mathematically

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Autosomal inheritance Mendel laws
  • He conducted his landmark studies in a small 115-
    by 23-foot plot in the garden of his monastery
  • From 1856-1864, he performed thousands of crosses
  • He kept meticulously accurate records that
    included quantitative analysis

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Autosomal inheritance Mendel laws
  • His work, entitled Experiments on Plant Hybrids
    was published in 1866
  • http//www.mendelweb.org/Mendel.plain.html
  • It was ignored for 34 years
  • Probably because
  • It was published in an obscure journal
  • Lack of understanding of chromosome transmission

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Autosomal inheritance Mendel laws
  • In 1900, Mendels work was rediscovered by three
    botanists working independently
  • Hugo de Vries of Holland
  • Carl Correns of Germany
  • Erich von Tschermak of Austria

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Definitions
  • Hybridization
  • The mating or crossing between two individuals
    that have different characteristics
  • Purple-flowered plant X white-flowered plant
  • Hybrids
  • The offspring that result from such a mating

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Mendels Experiments in Plant Hybridization (1865)
  • What is the purpose of Mendels Experiment?
  • What biological question was he attempting to
    answer?

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Mendels Experiments in Plant Hybridization (1865)
  • What is the purpose of Mendels Experiment?
  • What biological question was he attempting to
    answer?
  • 1 Introductory Remarks
  • (mid 2nd par) That, so far, no generally
    applicable law governing the formation and
    development of hybrids has been successfully
    formulated can hardly be wondered at by anyone
    who is acquainted with the extent of the task,
    and can appreciate the difficulties with which
    experiments of this class have to contend.
  • (3rd par) Those who survey the work done in this
    department will arrive at the conviction that
    among all the numerous experiments made, not one
    has been carried out to such an extent and in
    such a way as to make it possible to determine
    the number of different forms under which the
    offspring of the hybrids appear, or to arrange
    these forms with certainty according to their
    separate generations, or definitely to ascertain
    their statistical relations.
  • 3 Division and Arrangement of the Experiments
  • (mid 1st par) The object of the experiment was to
    observe these variations in the case of each pair
    of differentiating characters, and to deduce the
    law according to which they appear in successive
    generations.

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Mendels Experiments
  • Mendel did not have a hypothesis to explain the
    formation of hybrids
  • Rather, he believed that a quantitative analysis
    of crosses may provide a mathematical
    relationship
  • Thus, he used the empirical approach
  • And tried to deduce empirical laws

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Mendel Chose Pea Plants as His Experimental
Organism
  • Mendel chose the garden pea (Pisum sativum) to
    study the natural laws governing plants hybrids
  • The garden pea was advantageous because
  • 1. It existed in several varieties with distinct
    characteristics
  • 2. Its structure allowed for easy crosses

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Mendel Chose Pea Plants as His Experimental
Organism
  • Mendel carried out two types of crosses
  • 1. Self-fertilization
  • Pollen and egg are derived from the same plant
  • 2. Cross-fertilization
  • Pollen and egg are derived from different plants

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More definitions
  • A specific characteristic of an organism is
    termed character or trait or phenotype
  • A variety that produces the same trait over and
    over again is termed a true-breeder

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Single trait inheritance
  • Mendel crossed two variants that differ in only
    one trait
  • The offspring of these crosses are termed hybrids
  • Crossing these hybrid offspring is termed a
    monohybrid cross

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Division and Arrangement of the
ExperimentsMendel Studied Seven Traits That
Bred True
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4 The Forms of the Hybrids (2nd par) In the
case of each of the 7 crosses the
hybrid-character resembles that of one of the
parental forms so closely that the other either
escapes observation completely or cannot be
detected with certainty. those characters
which are transmitted entire, or almost unchanged
in the hybridization,, are termed the dominant,
and those which become latent in the process
recessive.
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5 The First Generation From the Hybrids
MONOHYBRID CROSSES
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Interpreting the Data
  • For all seven traits studied
  • 1. The F1 generation showed only one of the two
    parental traits
  • 2. The F2 generation showed 31 ratio of the
    two parental traits
  • These results refuted a blending mechanism of
    heredity

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Interpreting the Data
  • Indeed, the data suggested a particulate theory
    of inheritance
  • Mendel postulated the following

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First Mendel Law
  • 1. A pea plant contains two discrete hereditary
    factors, one from each parent
  • 2. The two factors may be identical or different
  • 3. When the two factors of a single trait are
    different
  • One is dominant and its effect can be seen
    (Capitalized symbol)
  • The other is recessive and is not expressed (all
    lower case symbol)
  • 4. During gamete formation, the paired factors
    segregate randomly so that half of the gametes
    received one factor and half of the gametes
    received the other
  • This is Mendels Law of Segregation

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More definitions
  • Mendelian factors are now called genes
  • Alleles are different versions of the same gene
  • An individual with two identical alleles is
    termed homozygous
  • An individual with two different alleles, is
    termed heterozygous
  • Genotype refers to the specific allelic
    composition of an individual
  • Phenotype refers to the outward appearance of an
    individual

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Predicting cross outcomes
  • A Punnett square is a grid that enables one to
    predict the outcome of simple genetic crosses
  • It was proposed by the English geneticist,
    Reginald Punnett
  • We will illustrate the Punnett square approach
    using the cross of heterozygous tall plants as an
    example

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Punnett Squares
  • 1. Write down the genotypes of both parents
  • Male parent Tt
  • Female parent Tt
  • 2. Write down the possible gametes each parent
    can make.
  • Male gametes T or t
  • Female gametes T or t

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  • 3. Create an empty Punnett square
  • 4. Fill in the Punnett square with the possible
    genotypes of the offspring

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  • 5. Determine the relative proportions of
    genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring

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(0.5)
Tall
Tall
(0.5)
dwarf
Tall
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  • 5. Determine the relative proportions of
    genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring

(0.5)
(0.5)
(0.5)
(0.25)
(0.25)
Tall
Tall
(0.25)
(0.5)
(0.25)
dwarf
Tall
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  • 5. Determine the relative proportions of
    genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring
  • Genotypic ratio
  • TT Tt tt
  • 1 2 1
  • Phenotypic ratio
  • Tall dwarf
  • 3 1

(0.5)
(0.5)
(0.5)
(0.25)
(0.25)
Tall
Tall
(0.25)
(0.5)
(0.25)
dwarf
Tall
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Two traits inheritance
  • Mendel also performed a dihybrid cross
  • Crossing individual plants that differ in two
    traits
  • For example
  • Trait 1 Seed texture (round vs. wrinkled)
  • Trait 2 Seed color (yellow vs. green)
  • There are two possible patterns of inheritance
    for these traits

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8 The Offspring of Hybrids in Which Several
Differentiating Characters are Associated.
DIHYBRID CROSSES
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Interpreting the Data
  • The F2 generation contains seeds with novel
    combinations (ie not found in the parentals)
  • Round and Green
  • Wrinkled and Yellow
  • These are called nonparentals
  • Their occurrence contradicts the linkage model

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  • If the genes, on the other hand, assort
    independently
  • Then the predicted phenotypic ratio in the F2
    generation would be 9331
  • Mendels data was very close to segregation
    expectations

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Second Mendel Law
  • Law of Independent assortment
  • During gamete formation, the segregation of any
    pair of hereditary determinants is independent of
    the segregation of other pairs

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8 The Offspring of Hybrids in Which Several
Differentiating Characters are Associated.
  • (5th last par) If n represent the number of the
    differentiating characters in the two original
    stocks, 3n gives the number of terms of the
    combination series, 4n the number of individuals
    which belong to the series, and 2n the number of
    unions which remain constant.
  • i.e.,
  • Looking at crosses from dihybrids (hybrid for two
    traits)
  • 32 different combinations (genotypes)
  • 42 individuals
  • 22 different unions (phenotypes)

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(end 1st par) Since the various constant forms
are produced in one plant, or even in one flower
of a plant, the conclusion appears logical that
in the ovaries of the hybrids there are formed as
many sorts of egg cells, and in the anthers as
many sorts of pollen cells, as there are possible
constant combination forms, and that these egg
and pollen cells agree in their internal
compositions with those of the separate forms.
9 The Reproductive Cells of the Hybrids
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  • 9 The Reproductive Cells of the Hybrids
  • Independent assortment is also revealed by a
    dihybrid test-cross
  • TtYy X ttyy (expt 2 4)
  • Thus, if the genes assort independently, the
    expected phenotypic ratio among the offspring is
    1111

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Molecular basis
  • Modern geneticists are often interested in the
    relationship between the outcome of traits and
    the molecular expression of genes
  • They use the following approach
  • Identify an individual with a different copy
    (allele) of the gene variant (mutant)
  • Observe how this copy will affect the phenotype
    of the organism

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Molecular basis
  • The defective copies are termed loss-of-function
    alleles
  • Unknowingly, Mendel had used several of these
    alleles in his studies on pea plants
  • Loss-of-function alleles are commonly inherited
    in a recessive manner

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Molecular basis
In the wild-type the gene X encodes the enzyme X
that catalyses the reaction
Uncolored pigment precursor
Red pigment
Red eye
In the variant the gene X is inactive, the enzyme
X cannot catalyse the reaction (not produced)
Uncolored pigment precursor
Red pigment
White eye
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X-linked inheritance
Reciprocal cross
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X-linked inheritance
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Summary
  • Autosomal Traits
  • 32 different combinations (genotypes)
  • 42 individuals
  • 22 different unions (phenotypes)
  • X-Linked Traits
  • Diverges from above
  • Switch in phenotypes when starting with female
    recessive
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