Genetics and Heredity

History
Genetics is the study of genes. Inheritance is how traits, or characteristics, are passed on from generation to generation. Chromosomes are made up of genes, which are made up of DNA. Genetic material (genes,chromosomes, DNA) is found inside the nucleus of a cell. Gregor Mendel is considered The Father of Genetics"

Gregor Mendel
Austrian Monk. Experimented with pea plants. Used pea plants because:
They were available They reproduced quickly They showed obvious differences in the traits

Understood that there was something that carried traits from one generation to the next- FACTOR. next- FACTOR.

Mendel cont

In the mid-1800s, the rules underlying patterns of inheritance were uncovered in a series of experiments performed by an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel.

Mendel's Plant Breeding Experiments Gregor Mendel was one of the first to apply an experimental approach to the question of inheritance. For seven years, Mendel bred pea plants and recorded inheritance patterns in the offspring. Particulate Hypothesis of Inheritance Parents pass on to their offspring separate and distinct factors (today called genes) that are responsible for inherited traits.

Mendelian Genetics
Dominant traits- traits that are expressed. traitsRecessive traits- traits that are covered up. traitsAllelesAlleles- the different forms of a characteristic. Punnett Squares- show how crosses are Squaresmade. ProbabilityProbability- the chances/ percentages that something will occur. GenotypeGenotype- the types of genes (Alleles) present. PhenotypePhenotype- what it looks like. Homozygous- two of the same alleles. HomozygousHeterozygous- two different alleles. Heterozygous-

Mendel was fortunate he chose the Garden Pea

Mendel probably chose to work with peas because they are available in many varieties. The use of peas also gave Mendel strict control over which plants mated. Fortunately, the pea traits are distinct and were clearly contrasting.

To test the particulate hypothesis, Mendel crossed truebreeding plants that had two distinct and contrasting traitsfor example, purple or white flowers.
What is meant by true breeding?

Mendel cross-fertilized his plants by hand. Why is it important to control which plants would serve as the parents?

For each monohybrid cross, Mendel cross-fertilized true-breeding plants that were different in just one characterin this case, flower color. He then allowed the hybrids (the F1 generation) to self-fertilize.

Typical breeding experiment

P generation (parental generation) F1 generation (first filial generation, the word filial from the Latin word for "son") are the hybrid offspring. Allowing these F1 hybrids to self-pollinate produces: F2 generation (second filial generation).

It is the analysis of this that lead to an understanding of genetic crosses.

Mendel studies seven characteristics in the garden pea

Statistics indicated a pattern.

Chromosomes
Homologous chromosome: one of a matching pair of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent.

Sister chromatids are identical

What genetic principles account for the transmission of such traits from parents to offspring? The Blending Hypothesis of Inheritance In the early 1800s the blending hypothesis was proposed. Genetic material contributed by the two parents mixes in a manner analogous to the way blue and yellow paints blend to make green. What would happen if this was the case?

Law of Dominance
In the monohybrid cross (mating of two organisms that differ in only one character), one version disappeared.

What happens when the F1s are crossed?

The F1 crossed produced the F2 generation and the lost trait appeared with predictable ratios.

This led to the formulation of the current model of inheritance.

Alleles: alternative versions of a gene.

The gene for a particular inherited character resides at a specific locus (position) on homologous chromosome.

For each character, an organism inherits two alleles, one from each parent

How do alleles differ?

Dominant allele Recessive allele

Recessive allele Recessive allele

Dominant - a term applied to the trait (allele) that is expressed irregardless of the second allele. Recessive - a term applied to a trait that is only expressed when the second allele is the same (e.g. short plants are homozygous for the recessive allele).

Probability and Punnett Squares Punnett square: diagram showing the probabilities of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross

Genotype versus phenotype.

How does a genotype ratio differ from the phenotype ratio?

Punnett squares - probability diagram illustrating the possible offspring of a mating. Ss X Ss

gametes

Testcross
A testcross is designed to reveal whether an organism that displays the dominant phenotype is homozygous or heterozygous.

Pedigree analysis reveals Mendelian patterns in human inheritance

In these family trees, squares symbolize males and circles represent females. A horizontal line connecting a male and female (--) indicates a mating, with offspring listed below in their order of birth, from left to right. Shaded symbols stand for individuals with the trait being traced.

Disorders Inherited as Recessive Traits Over a thousand human genetic disorders are known to have Mendelian inheritance patterns. Each of these disorders is inherited as a dominant or recessive trait controlled by a single gene. Most human genetic disorders are recessive.

A particular form of deafness is inherited as a recessive trait.

Many human disorders follow Mendelian patterns of inheritance Cystic fibrosis, which strikes one out of every 2,500 whites of European descent but is much rarer in other groups. One out of 25 whites (4% ) is a carrier. The normal allele for this gene codes for a membrane protein that functions in chloride ion transport between certain cells and the extracellular fluid. These chloride channels are defective or absent. The result is an abnormally high concentration of extracellular chloride, which causes the mucus that coats certain cells to become thicker and stickier than normal.

Tay-Sachs disease is caused by a dysfunctional enzyme that fails to break down brain lipids of a certain class. Is proportionately high incidence of TaySachs disease among Ashkenazic Jews, Jewish people whose ancestors lived in central Europe Sickle-cell disease, which affects one out of 400 African Americans. Sickle-cell disease is caused by the substitution of a single amino acid in the hemoglobin protein of red blood cells

Dominantly Inherited Disorders Achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism with an incidence of one case among every 10,000 people. Heterozygous individuals have the dwarf phenotype. Huntingtons disease, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, is caused by a lethal dominant allele that has no obvious phenotypic effect until the individual is about 35 to 45 years old.

Sex-Linked Disorders in Humans

Duchenne muscular dystrophy, affects about one out of every 3,500 males born in the United States. People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy rarely live past their early 20s. The disease is characterized by a progressive weakening of the muscles and loss of coordination. Researchers have traced the disorder to the absence of a key muscle protein called dystrophin and have tracked the gene for this protein to a specific locus on the X chromosome.

Hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive trait defined by the absence of one or more of the proteins required for blood clotting.

Color Blindness In Humans: An X-Linked Trait

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