Unit 4: Conservation Genetics

SEMESTER – III
PAPER: EWS901C
 Basic Concept
• Genetic material: substance capable of carrying all
biological and genetic information from one generation to
another
 Basic Concept
• Inheritance: refers to a trait or variants encoded in DNA
and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction.

male female

offsprings
 Basic Concept
• Chromosome: A chromosome is a long DNA molecule with
part or all of the genetic material of an organism.

• DNA: codes genetic information for the transmission of

inherited traits.

• Gene: basic physical and functional unit of heredity. Genes

are made up of DNA.

• Allele: Allele, any one of two or more genes that may occur
alternatively at a given site (locus) on a chromosome.
What is genetic diversity ?
#. Genetic diversity is the
product of recombination of
genetic material in the
process of inheritance.

#. changes with time and

space.

#. Sexual reproduction is
important in
maintaining genetic diversity