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Handouts For Week 3
Handouts For Week 3
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Lesson 1
Genetic Terminologies
GENES-factors that controlled the appearance of trait.
ALLELES- a different form of a gene that controls a certain trait.
DOMINANT TRAIT- traits that appeared in F1 generation, traits that are always expressed.
- Represented by CAPITAL LETTERS
RECESSIVE TRAIT- traits that did not appeared in F1 generation, traits that are not always expressed.
- Represented by SMALL LETTERS
GENOTYPE- allelic combination (RR, WW, RW)
HOMOZYGOUS-identical alleles (RR, WW)
PHENOTYPE-expression of genotype of an individual for a particular trait (red, pink, )
HETEROZYGOUS- contrasting alleles (RW)
PUNNETT SQUARE- help us to predict the outcome of a given cross. It allows us to determine the possible combinations of
genes in a cross.
GAMETES- reproductive cells that unite during sexual reproduction to form a new cell called zygote.
CODOMINANCE – two dominant alleles of a contrasting pair fully expressed at the same time in the heterozygous individual.
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE- occurs when the phenotype of the offspring is somewhere
in between the phenotypes of both parents; a completely dominant allele does not occur.
MULTIPLE ALLELES– when more than two alleles control the inheritance of a character.
SEX INFLUENCED TRAITS – are expressed in both sexes but more frequently in one sex than in the other.
SEX LIMITED TRAITS- that are expressed exclusively in one sex of the species.
SEX LINKED TRAITS – traits that are controlled by genes located on the same sex chromosome.
DISCUSSION:
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
- A heterozygote shows a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous phenotypes.
- Neither allele is dominant over the other.
In flowers, petal color demonstrates incomplete dominance. Red results when a flower has homozygous dominant alleles for the trait.
White results when a flower has homozygous recessive alleles for the trait. A flower that is heterozygous for this trait will be pink.
Lesson 2
Codominance
results when one allele is not dominant over the other.
two dominant alleles result in both phenotypes being expressed at the same time.
the resulting heterozygotes exhibit the traits of both parents.
Codominance in cows with spotted patterns
Cattle can be black (BB- all black hairs), white (WW- all white hairs) or Spotted (BW- black and white hairs together)
ACTIVITY:
GENERALIZATION:
POST –ASSESSMENT:
GENERALIZATION:
With codominance, a cross between organisms with two
different phenotypes produces offspring with a third phenotype in
which both of the parental traits appear together.
Lesson 3
GENERALIZATION:
Multiple alleles are genes with more than two alleles. In humans, there are four blood types A, B, AB, O (phenotypes). Blood type is controlled
by three alleles: A, B, O. O is recessive, two O alleles must be present for a person to have type O blood. A and B are codominant. If a person receives
an A allele and a B allele, their blood type is type AB.
Lesson 4
The Y chromosome
The Y chromosome is much smaller than the X.
It carries a small number of genes, most of which
are for “male characteristics”
The X chromosome
All human eggs contain the X chromosome.
The X chromosome contains genes that code for
all aspects of femaleness and genes unrelated to
gender.
SEX DETERMINATION
If an egg is fertilized by a sperm with a Y chromosome, as shown in Figure 3, the offspring is male. When an egg is fertilized
by a sperm carrying an X chromosome, the offspring is female.
Note that there is a 50 percent chance of having a male or female offspring.
The greater the number of offspring, the greater is the chance of getting the
expected 1:1 ratio of male and female.
Figure 3
GENERALIZATION:
Humans have 46 chromosomes in each cell. Observation of the human body cells shows 23 pairs of chromosomes for both
males and females.Twenty-two pairs are somatic chromosomes. The 23rd pairs consist of sex chromosomes. Human male and some
other male organism, such as other mammals and fruits flies, have non-identical sex chromosomes (XY). Female have identical (XX)
sex chromosomes.
Lesson 5
INTRODUCTION:
Males have 44 body chromosomes and two sex chromosomes X and Y. The males determine the sex of their children.
Females have 44 body chromosomes and two sex chromosomes, both X. The total number in each cell of an individual is 46. These
chromosomes contain the genes, which are the factors of heredity.
The other 22 pairs of chromosomes are called autosomes (1-22)
DISCUSSION:
SEX LINKED GENES
Concepts to Emphasize
Genes that are carried on the sex chromosomes (X & Y).
Genes located on the X chromosomes are called X-Linked Genes.
Genes located on the Y chromosomes are called Y-Linked Genes.
The traits they control are called sex-linked traits.
There are both dominant and recessive alleles for sex-linked genes.
Sex-linked traits show up much more often in a male because males do not have a matching X chromosome to
mask a recessive allele.
Sex-linked traits are passed from mother to son and father to daughter
Example of sex linked traits
Hemophilia ( Bleeder’s Disease) ColorBlindness (Red-Green Colorblindness)
1. Hemophilia- blood clots slowly or does not clot at all
so the person suffer from loss of blood even for a
small wound.
X c
Y Genotypes: XXc , X Y
Phenotypes: carrier, normal male
XXX c
XY
X
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XXc XY
Genotypes and Phenotypes of Hemophilia in human
GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE
1. XH XH Normal Female
2. XH Xh Normal female, carrier of the gene
3. Xh Xh Hemophilic female
4. XH Y Normal Male
5. Xh Y Hemophilic male
Example
1. A hemophilic man marries a carrier. Determine the genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring.
Y Xh
XH XH Xh X H Y Genotypes: XH Xh , Xh Xh , X H Y , Xh Y
Phenotypes: Carrier, hemophilic female,
normal male,hemophilic male
Xh Xh Xh Xh Y
GENERALIZATION:
Sex linked traits are inherited through the X chromosomes. Males have only one X chromosome. Thus, if they inherited the
affected X, they will have the disorder. Females have two X chromosomes. Therefore , they can inherit/carry the trait without being
affected if it acts in recessive manner.
Lesson 6
INTRODUCTION:
For a number of traits, gene expression differs in males and females. The causes fall under 3 categories:
Sex-Linked
Sex-Limited
Sex-Influenced
DISCUSSION:
SEX-LIMITED TRAITS
Sex-limited traits are generally autosomal, which means that they are not found on the X or Y chromosomes.
Sex-limited traits are expressed in only one gender.
Example:In cattle, for instance, lactation is expressed in females but never in males. Both male
and female cattle however possess a gene pair for lactation. The gene for lactation (L) is
dominant over the nonlactating gene(l).
Female Genotypes Female Phenotypes
Sex Limited traits are
XXLL Female lactating
shown in cock feathering.
XXLl Female lactating
XXll Female not lactating
Male Genotypes Male Phenotypes
XYLL Male not lactating
XYLl Male not lactating
XYll Male not lactating
SEX-INFLUENCED TRAITS
Sex-influenced traits are also autosomal, meaning that their genes are not carried on the sex chromosomes.
In this case, the difference is in the ways the two genders express the genes.
One classic example of a sex-influenced trait is pattern baldness in humans, though the condition is not restricted to males. This gene
has two alleles, “bald” and “non-bald”. The behaviors of the products of these genes are highly influenced by the hormones in the
individual, particularly by the hormone testosterone. All humans have testosterone, but males have much higher levels of this hormone
than females do. The result is that, in males, the baldness allele behaves like a dominant allele, while in females it behaves like a
recessive allele.
Female Genotypes Female Phenotypes
XXBB Female bald
XXBb Female non bald
XXbb Female non bald
Male Genotypes Male Phenotypes
XYBB Male bald
XYBb Male bald
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GENERALIZATION:
Sex limited traits are those that are expressed exclusively in one sex.
Sex influenced traits are expressed in both sexes but more frequently in one than in the other sex.
Lesson 7
DISCUSSION:
DNA STRUCTURE
DNA is a very long polymer.
The basic shape is like a twisted ladder or zipper.
This is called a double helix. The DNA double
helix has two strands twisted together.
The backbone of the molecule is alternating
Phosphate group (salt/phosphorus) and deoxyribose
sugar (Pentose Sugar).The teeth are nitrogenous bases.
One strand of DNA is a polymer of nucleotides.
One strand of DNA has many millions of nucleotides.
GENERALIZATION:
DNA is composed of chains of nucleotides built on a sugar and phosphate backbone and wrapped around each other in
the form of a double helix. The backbone supports four bases: guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine. Guanine and cytosine
are complementary, always appearing opposite each other on the helix, as are adenine and thymine. This is critical in the
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reproduction of the genetic material, as it allows a strand to divide and copy itself, since it only needs half of the material in the helix to
duplicate successfully.
DNA is the blueprint of life.