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BIO Chapter 14

Mendel and the Gene Idea

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Who is Mendel? scientist who made genetic breakthroughs by studying peas
Why did Mendel use peas for his research? rapid growth and he could manually control who mated with who
P generation- true-breeding parents
F1 generation- p generation hybrid offspring
F2 generation- second filial generation
True-breeding- over many generations of self-pollination they only produce the same variety as the parent plant
What was the ratio of all of Mendel’s initial experiment? 3/4 to ¼
Phenotype- expression of a physical trait
Alleles- alternate versions of genes
Genotype- genetic makeup
Dominant allele- determines appearance
Recessive allele- has no noticeable effect on appearance
Segregation- two alleles for a heritable character segregate during gamete formation and end up in different gametes.
Punnett square- diagraming tool used to predict allele formation
Homozygous- a pair of identical alleles
Heterozygous- two different alleles for the same gene
Multiplication rule- the probability of two independent events occurring in combination is equal to the product of their separate probabilities
Incomplete dominance- situations in which a heterozygote for a character doesn’t show a complete dominance/recessive relationship
Co-dominance- when an organism is heterozygote for a character and both alleles affect the phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways.
Pleiotropy- when a single gene has many phenotypic effects (i.e. sickle cell)
Epistasis- a gene at one location alters the expression of a gene at another location
Polygenic inheritance- many genes influence a particular character
Quantitative characters- often show polygenic inheritance patterns
Environmental impact on phenotype- how environment can influence phenotype
Multifactorial characters- affected by many factors i.e. genotype and environment
The norm of reaction: the pattern of phenotypes produced by a given genotype under different environmental conditions
Narrow norm of reaction- albinism, ABO blood type, Huntington disease
Broader norm of reaction skin color, height, IQ
Created by: mr_spangler
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