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AdvancedGenetics:Bio5491
ProblemSet#1:Mendel,Mutations,Chromosomes,andHeredity
Due:Monday,January232017
Typeallshortanswersinyourownwords.Adddiagramswherenecessary.
Chapter2:Mendel
1. Besidespeas,namefiveoftheorganismsMendelstudied.WhywasHieraciuma
poorchoiceforstudyingsegregationandrecombination?
2. WhatnewprocedureswerecarriedoutinMendel’swork?Whywashis
experimentalapproachsoeffective?
3. WhatisFisher’smostseriouscriticismofMendel’sratios?WhatdoesFishershowis
trueofMendel’swholeseriesofdata?
4. HowdotheresultsofreplicationsofMendel’sexperimentsconflictwithFisher’s
criticisms?Whatistheoverallimpressionoftheseresults?
Chapter11:Mutation
5. Whatwasthefirstquestioninregardstotheoriginofnewgenes?Aslateas1914,
howwerenewlyarisenformsexplained?
6. Whattwotypesofmutationscanbestudiedeasilyindiploidorganisms?Whattypes
ofmutationsaredifficulttostudyindiploidorganisms?Whatmakesthemdifficult?
7. Muller’sexperimentaldesigninDrosophilafulfilledwhattworequirements
necessarytoestablishaquantitativestudyofmutation?Whatwasthesignificance
ofthe“ClB”chromosome?
8. HowdidMullerandStadlerindependentlyshowtheeffectofionizingradiationon
mutationsrates?Istherelationshiplinearorexponential?
TheChromosomesinHeredity
9. WhatpossibilitydoesSuttonraiseonpage8,inregardstochromosomesand
allelomorphs?Whatevidencedoeshepresenttosupporthishypothesis?
10. WhatareBateson’sthreecasesofnon-Mendelianinheritance?Describethemin
yourownwords.
11. WhatisSutton’skeycontributiontotheworldofgenetics?
GeneticsReview
12.Inasinglesentence,definethefollowingcommongeneticterms:A.Homozygous
B.HeterozygousC.AneuploidyD.Linkage
5. Linkagedisequilibrium
6. Synteny
7. Expressivity
8. Penetrance
9. Pleiotropy
10. Epistasis
11. Epigenetics
12. Inheritance
13. Heritability
14. Hardy-WeinbergEquilibrium
15. Evolution
14.Considerflowercolorasahypotheticalmonogenictraitinpeas.Flowerscanberedor
white,andtheredallele(R)isdominant.Ifyoucrossahomozygousred(RR)plantwitha
homozygouswhite(rr)plant,whataretheexpectedphenotypeandgenotyperatiosforthe
F1andF2generations?Whatphenotyperatioswouldyouexpectforthesetwogenerations
iftheredallelewasanincompletedominantandheterozygoteshadpinkflowers?
15.Drawthestepsofmeiosisinananimalcell,includingoneinstanceofcrossingover(use
color).Makesureallrelevantcellularcomponentsandprocessesareshownandproperly
labeled(cellmembrane,nuclearenvelopebreakdown,chromatin,homologous
chromosome,sisterchromatid,spindle,interphase,prophase,metaphase,anaphase,
telophase,cytokinesis,gametes,tetrad,centromere,metaphaseplate,diploid,haploid,
microtubuleorganizingcenter,centriole,chiasma,synapsis,kinetochore).