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Chapter 12_Gen

Genetics

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haploid (n) one copy of a genome distributed among chromosomes
diploid (2n) two copies of a genome distributed among chromosomes
mitosis the process of nuclear division (karyokinesis) and usually cell division (cytokinesis)
sister chromatids exact copies of each DNA chromosome that originate during S phase
5 stages of mitosis prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase
results of meiosis generation of haploid nuclei, independenet assortment of maternally and paternally derived chromosomes, crossing-over generates futher diversity in allele combinations
chromatid one of the two distinct longitudinal subunits of all replicated chromosomes that becomes visible between prophase and metaphase
nondisjunction the failure of the movement of homologous chromosomes (meisosis I) or daughter chromosomes (meisosis II)
aneuploidy the abnormal condition in which one or more whole chromsomes of a normal set of chromosomes are missing or are present in more than the usual number of copies
primary nondisjuction occurs in individuals with a normal set of chromosomes
secondary nondisjunction occurs in the progenies of females that were produced by primary nondisjunction
Turner Syndrome female X - no barr bodies expected
Triplo-X female XXX - 2 barr bodies expected
Klinefelter syndrome male XXY - 1 barr body expected, XXXY - 2 barr bodies expected, XXYY - 1 barr bodies expected
XYY syndrome male XYY - 0 barr bodies expected
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