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LECTURE PRESENTATIONS For CAMPBELL BIOLOGY, NINTH EDITION Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson Chapter 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance Lectures by Erin Barley Kathleen Fitzpatrick © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Overview: Locating Genes Along Chromosomes • Mendel’s “hereditary factors” were genes • Today we can show that genes are located on chromosomes • The location of a particular gene can be seen by tagging isolated chromosomes with a fluorescent dye that highlights the gene © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.1 Concept 15.1: Mendelian inheritance has its physical basis in the behavior of chromosomes • Mitosis and meiosis were first described in the late 1800s • The chromosome theory of inheritance states: – Mendelian genes have specific loci (positions) on chromosomes – Chromosomes undergo segregation and independent assortment • The behavior of chromosomes during meiosis can account for Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent assortment © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.2 P Generation Yellow-round seeds (YYRR) Y Y Green-wrinkled seeds (yyrr) ry R R r y Meiosis Fertilization y R Y Gametes r All F1 plants produce yellow-round seeds (YyRr). F1 Generation R y r Y R r Y y Meiosis LAW OF SEGREGATION The two alleles for each gene separate during gamete formation. r R r R Y y LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT Alleles of genes on nonhomologous chromosomes assort independently during gamete formation. Metaphase I Y y 1 1 R r r R Y y Anaphase I Y y R r Y y r R Y y 2 2 Gametes R R 1/ 4 YR F2 Generation 3 y Y Y Fertilization recombines the R and r alleles at random. Metaphase II r 1/ 4 Y Y y r r r 1/ yr 4 y y R R 1/ Yr 4 yR An F1 F1 cross-fertilization 3 9 :3 :3 :1 Fertilization results in the 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio in the F2 generation. Figure 15.2a P Generation Yellow-round seeds (YYRR) Y Y R R r y y r Meiosis Fertilization Gametes R Y y r Green-wrinkled seeds (yyrr) Figure 15.2b All F1 plants produce yellow-round seeds (YyRr). F1 Generation R y r R y r Y Y LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT Alleles of genes on nonhomologous chromosomes assort independently during gamete formation. Meiosis LAW OF SEGREGATION The two alleles for each gene separate during gamete formation. r R Y y r R Metaphase I y Y 1 1 R r r R Y y Anaphase I Y y r R 2 y Y Y R R 1/ 4 YR r 1/ 4 yr y Y Y Y y r R 2 y Y Gametes r Metaphase II r r 1/ 4 Yr y y R R 1/ 4 yR Figure 15.2c LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT LAW OF SEGREGATION F2 Generation 3 Fertilization recombines the R and r alleles at random. An F1 F1 cross-fertilization 9 :3 :3 :1 3 Fertilization results in the 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio in the F2 generation. Morgan’s Experimental Evidence: Scientific Inquiry • The first solid evidence associating a specific gene with a specific chromosome came from Thomas Hunt Morgan, an embryologist • Morgan’s experiments with fruit flies provided convincing evidence that chromosomes are the location of Mendel’s heritable factors © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Morgan’s Choice of Experimental Organism • Several characteristics make fruit flies a convenient organism for genetic studies 1. They produce many offspring 2. A generation can be bred every two weeks 3. They have only four pairs of chromosomes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • Morgan noted wild type, or normal, phenotypes that were common in the fly populations • Traits alternative to the wild type are called mutant phenotypes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.3 Correlating Behavior of a Gene’s Alleles with Behavior of a Chromosome Pair • In one experiment, Morgan mated male flies with white eyes (mutant) with female flies with red eyes (wild type) – The F1 generation all had red eyes – The F2 generation showed the 3:1 red:white eye ratio, but only males had white eyes • Morgan determined that the white-eyed mutant allele must be located on the X chromosome • Morgan’s finding supported the chromosome theory of inheritance © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.4 EXPERIMENT P Generation F1 Generation All offspring had red eyes. RESULTS F2 Generation CONCLUSION P Generation X X w X Y w w Eggs F1 Generation Sperm w w w w w Eggs F2 Generation w w Sperm w w w w w w w Figure 15.4a EXPERIMENT P Generation F1 Generation RESULTS F2 Generation All offspring had red eyes. Figure 15.4b CONCLUSION P Generation X X w X Y w w Eggs F1 Generation Sperm w w w w w Eggs F2 Generation w w w Sperm w w w w w w Concept 15.2: Sex-linked genes exhibit unique patterns of inheritance • In humans and some other animals, there is a chromosomal basis of sex determination © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. The Chromosomal Basis of Sex • In humans and other mammals, there are two varieties of sex chromosomes: a larger X chromosome and a smaller Y chromosome • Only the ends of the Y chromosome have regions that are homologous with corresponding regions of the X chromosome • The SRY gene on the Y chromosome codes for a protein that directs the development of male anatomical features © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.5 X Y • Females are XX, and males are XY • Each ovum contains an X chromosome, while a sperm may contain either an X or a Y chromosome • Other animals have different methods of sex determination © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.6 44 XY 44 XX Parents 22 22 X or Y 22 X Sperm Egg 44 XX or 44 XY (a) The X-Y system Zygotes (offspring) 22 XX 22 X 76 ZW 76 ZZ 32 (Diploid) 16 (Haploid) (b) The X-0 system (c) The Z-W system (d) The haplo-diploid system • A gene that is located on either sex chromosome is called a sex-linked gene • Genes on the Y chromosome are called Y-linked genes; there are few of these • Genes on the X chromosome are called X-linked genes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Inheritance of X-Linked Genes • X chromosomes have genes for many characters unrelated to sex, whereas the Y chromosome mainly encodes genes related to sex determination © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • X-linked genes follow specific patterns of inheritance • For a recessive X-linked trait to be expressed – A female needs two copies of the allele (homozygous) – A male needs only one copy of the allele (hemizygous) • X-linked recessive disorders are much more common in males than in females © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.7 XNXN Sperm Xn XNXn XnY Sperm XN Y XNY XNXn Sperm Xn Y XnY Y Eggs XN XNXn XNY Eggs XN XNXN XNY Eggs XN XNXn XNY XN XNXn XNY Xn XNXn XnY Xn XnXn XnY (a) (b) (c) • Some disorders caused by recessive alleles on the X chromosome in humans – Color blindness (mostly X-linked) – Duchenne muscular dystrophy – Hemophilia © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. X Inactivation in Female Mammals • In mammalian females, one of the two X chromosomes in each cell is randomly inactivated during embryonic development • The inactive X condenses into a Barr body • If a female is heterozygous for a particular gene located on the X chromosome, she will be a mosaic for that character © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.8 X chromosomes Allele for orange fur Early embryo: Two cell populations in adult cat: Allele for black fur Cell division and X chromosome inactivation Active X Inactive X Active X Black fur Orange fur Concept 15.3: Linked genes tend to be inherited together because they are located near each other on the same chromosome • Each chromosome has hundreds or thousands of genes (except the Y chromosome) • Genes located on the same chromosome that tend to be inherited together are called linked genes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. How Linkage Affects Inheritance • Morgan did other experiments with fruit flies to see how linkage affects inheritance of two characters • Morgan crossed flies that differed in traits of body color and wing size © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.9-1 EXPERIMENT P Generation (homozygous) Wild type (gray body, normal wings) Double mutant (black body, vestigial wings) b b vg vg b b vg vg Figure 15.9-2 EXPERIMENT P Generation (homozygous) Wild type (gray body, normal wings) Double mutant (black body, vestigial wings) b b vg vg b b vg vg F1 dihybrid (wild type) b b vg vg TESTCROSS Double mutant b b vg vg Figure 15.9-3 EXPERIMENT P Generation (homozygous) Wild type (gray body, normal wings) Double mutant (black body, vestigial wings) b b vg vg b b vg vg F1 dihybrid (wild type) Double mutant TESTCROSS b b vg vg b b vg vg Testcross offspring Eggs b vg b vg Wild type Black(gray-normal) vestigial b vg Grayvestigial b vg Blacknormal b vg Sperm b b vg vg b b vg vg b b vg vg b b vg vg Figure 15.9-4 EXPERIMENT P Generation (homozygous) Wild type (gray body, normal wings) Double mutant (black body, vestigial wings) b b vg vg b b vg vg F1 dihybrid (wild type) Double mutant TESTCROSS b b vg vg b b vg vg Testcross offspring Eggs b vg b vg b vg Wild type Black(gray-normal) vestigial b vg Blacknormal Grayvestigial b vg Sperm b b vg vg b b vg vg b b vg vg b b vg vg PREDICTED RATIOS If genes are located on different chromosomes: 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 If genes are located on the same chromosome and parental alleles are always inherited together: 1 : 1 : 0 : 0 965 : 944 : 206 : 185 RESULTS • Morgan found that body color and wing size are usually inherited together in specific combinations (parental phenotypes) • He noted that these genes do not assort independently, and reasoned that they were on the same chromosome © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.UN01 F1 dihybrid female and homozygous recessive male in testcross b+ vg+ b vg b vg b vg b+ vg+ b vg Most offspring or b vg b vg • However, nonparental phenotypes were also produced • Understanding this result involves exploring genetic recombination, the production of offspring with combinations of traits differing from either parent © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Genetic Recombination and Linkage • The genetic findings of Mendel and Morgan relate to the chromosomal basis of recombination © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Recombination of Unlinked Genes: Independent Assortment of Chromosomes • Mendel observed that combinations of traits in some offspring differ from either parent • Offspring with a phenotype matching one of the parental phenotypes are called parental types • Offspring with nonparental phenotypes (new combinations of traits) are called recombinant types, or recombinants • A 50% frequency of recombination is observed for any two genes on different chromosomes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.UN02 Gametes from yellow-round dihybrid parent (YyRr) Gametes from greenwrinkled homozygous recessive parent (yyrr) YR yr Yr yR YyRr yyrr Yyrr yyRr yr Parentaltype offspring Recombinant offspring Recombination of Linked Genes: Crossing Over • Morgan discovered that genes can be linked, but the linkage was incomplete, because some recombinant phenotypes were observed • He proposed that some process must occasionally break the physical connection between genes on the same chromosome • That mechanism was the crossing over of homologous chromosomes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Animation: Crossing Over Right-click slide / select”Play” © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.10 Black body, vestigial wings (double mutant) Gray body, normal wings (F1 dihybrid) Testcross parents b vg b vg b vg b vg Replication of chromosomes Meiosis I Replication of chromosomes b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg Meiosis I and II b vg b vg b vg Meiosis II Recombinant chromosomes bvg b vg b vg b vg 944 Blackvestigial 206 Grayvestigial 185 Blacknormal Eggs Testcross offspring 965 Wild type (gray-normal) b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg Parental-type offspring Recombinant offspring 391 recombinants Recombination 100 17% frequency 2,300 total offspring b vg Sperm Figure 15.10a Gray body, normal wings (F1 dihybrid) Testcross parents Black body, vestigial wings (double mutant) b vg b vg b vg b vg Replication of chromosomes Replication of chromosomes Meiosis I b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg Meiosis I and II b vg b vg b vg Meiosis II bvg Eggs Recombinant chromosomes b vg b vg b vg b vg Sperm Figure 15.10b Recombinant chromosomes Eggs Testcross offspring bvg 965 Wild type (gray-normal) b vg b vg b vg 944 Blackvestigial 206 Grayvestigial 185 Blacknormal b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg b vg Parental-type offspring Recombinant offspring Recombination 391 recombinants 100 17% frequency 2,300 total offspring b vg Sperm New Combinations of Alleles: Variation for Normal Selection • Recombinant chromosomes bring alleles together in new combinations in gametes • Random fertilization increases even further the number of variant combinations that can be produced • This abundance of genetic variation is the raw material upon which natural selection works © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Mapping the Distance Between Genes Using Recombination Data: Scientific Inquiry • Alfred Sturtevant, one of Morgan’s students, constructed a genetic map, an ordered list of the genetic loci along a particular chromosome • Sturtevant predicted that the farther apart two genes are, the higher the probability that a crossover will occur between them and therefore the higher the recombination frequency © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • A linkage map is a genetic map of a chromosome based on recombination frequencies • Distances between genes can be expressed as map units; one map unit, or centimorgan, represents a 1% recombination frequency • Map units indicate relative distance and order, not precise locations of genes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.11 RESULTS Recombination frequencies 9% Chromosome 9.5% 17% b cn vg • Genes that are far apart on the same chromosome can have a recombination frequency near 50% • Such genes are physically linked, but genetically unlinked, and behave as if found on different chromosomes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • Sturtevant used recombination frequencies to make linkage maps of fruit fly genes • Using methods like chromosomal banding, geneticists can develop cytogenetic maps of chromosomes • Cytogenetic maps indicate the positions of genes with respect to chromosomal features © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.12 Mutant phenotypes Short aristae 0 Long aristae (appendages on head) Black body Cinnabar Vestigial eyes wings 48.5 57.5 Gray body Red eyes Brown eyes 67.0 104.5 Normal wings Red eyes Wild-type phenotypes Concept 15.4: Alterations of chromosome number or structure cause some genetic disorders • Large-scale chromosomal alterations in humans and other mammals often lead to spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) or cause a variety of developmental disorders • Plants tolerate such genetic changes better than animals do © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Abnormal Chromosome Number • In nondisjunction, pairs of homologous chromosomes do not separate normally during meiosis • As a result, one gamete receives two of the same type of chromosome, and another gamete receives no copy © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.13-1 Meiosis I Nondisjunction Figure 15.13-2 Meiosis I Nondisjunction Meiosis II Nondisjunction Figure 15.13-3 Meiosis I Nondisjunction Meiosis II Nondisjunction Gametes n1 n1 n1 n1 n1 n1 n n Number of chromosomes (a) Nondisjunction of homologous chromosomes in meiosis I (b) Nondisjunction of sister chromatids in meiosis II • Aneuploidy results from the fertilization of gametes in which nondisjunction occurred • Offspring with this condition have an abnormal number of a particular chromosome © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • A monosomic zygote has only one copy of a particular chromosome • A trisomic zygote has three copies of a particular chromosome © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • Polyploidy is a condition in which an organism has more than two complete sets of chromosomes – Triploidy (3n) is three sets of chromosomes – Tetraploidy (4n) is four sets of chromosomes • Polyploidy is common in plants, but not animals • Polyploids are more normal in appearance than aneuploids © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Alterations of Chromosome Structure • Breakage of a chromosome can lead to four types of changes in chromosome structure – Deletion removes a chromosomal segment – Duplication repeats a segment – Inversion reverses orientation of a segment within a chromosome – Translocation moves a segment from one chromosome to another © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.14 (a) Deletion A B C D E F G H A deletion removes a chromosomal segment. A B C E F G H (b) Duplication A B C D E F G H A duplication repeats a segment. A B C B C D E F G H (c) Inversion A B C D E F G H An inversion reverses a segment within a chromosome. A D C B E F G H (d) Translocation A B C D E F G H M N O P Q R A translocation moves a segment from one chromosome to a nonhomologous chromosome. M N O C D E F G H A B P Q R Figure 15.14a (a) Deletion A B C D E F G H A deletion removes a chromosomal segment. A B C E F G H (b) Duplication A B C D E F G H A duplication repeats a segment. A B C B C D E F G H Figure 15.14b (c) Inversion A B C D E F G H An inversion reverses a segment within a chromosome. A D C B E F G H (d) Translocation A B C D E F G H M N O P Q R A translocation moves a segment from one chromosome to a nonhomologous chromosome. M N O C D E F G H A B P Q R Human Disorders Due to Chromosomal Alterations • Alterations of chromosome number and structure are associated with some serious disorders • Some types of aneuploidy appear to upset the genetic balance less than others, resulting in individuals surviving to birth and beyond • These surviving individuals have a set of symptoms, or syndrome, characteristic of the type of aneuploidy © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) • Down syndrome is an aneuploid condition that results from three copies of chromosome 21 • It affects about one out of every 700 children born in the United States • The frequency of Down syndrome increases with the age of the mother, a correlation that has not been explained © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.15 Aneuploidy of Sex Chromosomes • Nondisjunction of sex chromosomes produces a variety of aneuploid conditions • Klinefelter syndrome is the result of an extra chromosome in a male, producing XXY individuals • Monosomy X, called Turner syndrome, produces X0 females, who are sterile; it is the only known viable monosomy in humans © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Disorders Caused by Structurally Altered Chromosomes • The syndrome cri du chat (“cry of the cat”), results from a specific deletion in chromosome 5 • A child born with this syndrome is mentally retarded and has a catlike cry; individuals usually die in infancy or early childhood • Certain cancers, including chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), are caused by translocations of chromosomes © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.16 Normal chromosome 9 Normal chromosome 22 Reciprocal translocation Translocated chromosome 9 Translocated chromosome 22 (Philadelphia chromosome) Concept 15.5: Some inheritance patterns are exceptions to standard Mendelian inheritance • There are two normal exceptions to Mendelian genetics • One exception involves genes located in the nucleus, and the other exception involves genes located outside the nucleus • In both cases, the sex of the parent contributing an allele is a factor in the pattern of inheritance © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Genomic Imprinting • For a few mammalian traits, the phenotype depends on which parent passed along the alleles for those traits • Such variation in phenotype is called genomic imprinting • Genomic imprinting involves the silencing of certain genes that are “stamped” with an imprint during gamete production © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.17 Paternal chromosome Maternal chromosome Normal Igf2 allele is expressed. Normal Igf2 allele is not expressed. Normal-sized mouse (wild type) (a) Homozygote Mutant Igf2 allele inherited from mother Mutant Igf2 allele inherited from father Normal-sized mouse (wild type) Dwarf mouse (mutant) Normal Igf2 allele is expressed. Mutant Igf2 allele is expressed. Mutant Igf2 allele is not expressed. (b) Heterozygotes Normal Igf2 allele is not expressed. Figure 15.17a Paternal chromosome Maternal chromosome Normal Igf2 allele is expressed. Normal Igf2 allele is not expressed. (a) Homozygote Normal-sized mouse (wild type) Figure 15.17b Mutant Igf2 allele inherited from mother Mutant Igf2 allele inherited from father Normal-sized mouse (wild type) Dwarf mouse (mutant) Normal Igf2 allele is expressed. Mutant Igf2 allele is expressed. Mutant Igf2 allele is not expressed. Normal Igf2 allele is not expressed. (b) Heterozygotes • It appears that imprinting is the result of the methylation (addition of —CH3) of cysteine nucleotides • Genomic imprinting is thought to affect only a small fraction of mammalian genes • Most imprinted genes are critical for embryonic development © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Inheritance of Organelle Genes • Extranuclear genes (or cytoplasmic genes) are found in organelles in the cytoplasm • Mitochondria, chloroplasts, and other plant plastids carry small circular DNA molecules • Extranuclear genes are inherited maternally because the zygote’s cytoplasm comes from the egg • The first evidence of extranuclear genes came from studies on the inheritance of yellow or white patches on leaves of an otherwise green plant © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.18 • Some defects in mitochondrial genes prevent cells from making enough ATP and result in diseases that affect the muscular and nervous systems – For example, mitochondrial myopathy and Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 15.UN03 Sperm P generation gametes D C B A c b a d E F e f The alleles of unlinked genes are either on separate chromosomes (such as d and e) or so far apart on the same chromosome (c and f) that they assort independently. This F1 cell has 2n 6 chromosomes and is heterozygous for all six genes shown (AaBbCcDdEeFf). Red maternal; blue paternal. A Each chromosome has hundreds or thousands of genes. Four (A, B, C, F) are shown on this one. Egg F D e C B d E c ba f Genes on the same chromosome whose alleles are so close together that they do not assort independently (such as a, b, and c) are said to be genetically linked. Figure 15.UN04 Figure 15.UN05 Figure 15.UN06 LECTURE PRESENTATIONS For CAMPBELL BIOLOGY, NINTH EDITION Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson Chapter 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance Questions prepared by Janet Lanza University of Arkansas at Little Rock Lectures by Louise Paquin Erin Barley McDaniel College Kathleen Fitzpatrick © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Why did the improvement of microscopy techniques in the late 1800s set the stage for the emergence of modern genetics? a) It revealed new and unanticipated features of Mendel's pea plant varieties. b) It allowed the study of meiosis and mitosis, revealing parallels between behaviors of genes and chromosomes. c) It allowed scientists to see the DNA present within chromosomes. d) It led to the discovery of mitochondria. e) It showed genes functioning to direct the formation of enzymes. • Morgan and his colleagues worked out a set of symbols to represent fly genotypes. Which of the following are representative? a) b) c) d) AaBb × AaBb 46, XY or 46, XX vg+vgse+se × vgvgsese +2 × +3 Morgan’s Experimental Evidence Imagine that Morgan had chosen a different organism for his genetics experiments. What kind of species would have made a better choice than fruit flies? Morgan’s Experimental Evidence Imagine that Morgan had used a grasshopper (2n = 24 and an XX, XO sex determination system). Predict where the first mutant would have been discovered. a) b) c) d) on the O chromosome of a male on the X chromosome of a male on the X chromosome of a female on the Y chromosome of a male The Chromosomal Basis of Sex Think about bees and ants, groups in which males are haploid. Which of the following are accurate statements about bee and ant males when they are compared to species in which males are XY and diploid for the autosomes? a) Bee males have half the DNA of bee females, whereas human males have nearly the same amount of DNA that human females have. b) Considered across the genome, harmful (deleterious) recessives will negatively affect bee males more than Drosophila males. c) Human and Drosophila males have sons, but bee males do not. d) Inheritance in bees is like inheritance of sex-linked characteristics in humans. e) none of the above The Chromosomal Basis of Sex In some Drosophila species there are genes on the Y chromosome that do not occur on the X chromosome. Imagine that a mutation of one gene on the Y chromosome reduces the size by half of individuals with the mutation. Which of the following statements is accurate with regard to this situation? a) This mutation occurs in all offspring of a male with the mutation. b) This mutation occurs in all male but no female offspring of a male with the mutation. c) This mutation occurs in all offspring of a female with the mutation. d) This mutation occurs in all male but no female offspring of a female with the mutation. e) This mutation occurs in all offspring of both males and females with the mutation. The Chromosomal Basis of Sex Imagine that a deleterious recessive allele occurs on the W chromosome of a chicken (2n = 78). Where would it be most likely to appear first in a genetics experiment? a) in a male because there is no possibility of the presence of a normal, dominant allele b) in a male because it is haploid c) in a female because there is no possibility of the presence of a normal, dominant allele d) in a female because all alleles on the W chromosomes are dominant to those on the Z chromosome e) none of the above Inheritance of Sex-Linked Genes In cats, a sex-linked gene affects coat color. The O allele produces an enzyme that converts eumelanin, a black or brown pigment, into phaeomelanin, an orange pigment. The o allele is recessive to O and produces a defective enzyme, one that does not convert eumelanin into phaeomelanin. Which of the following statements is/are accurate? a) The phenotype of o-Y males is black/brown because the nonfunctional allele o does not convert eumelanin into phaeomelanin. b) The phenotype of OO and Oo males is orange because the functional allele O converts eumelanin into phaeomelanin. c) The phenotype of Oo males is mixed orange and black/brown because the functional allele O converts eumelanin into phaeomelanin in some cell groups (orange) and because in other cell groups the nonfunctional allele o does not convert eumelanin into phaeomelanin. d) The phenotype of O-Y males is orange because the nonfunctional allele O does not convert eumelanin into phaeomelanin, while the phenotype of o-Y males is black/brown because the functional allele o converts eumelanin into phaeomelanin. X Inactivation in Female Mammals Imagine two species of mammals that differ in the timing of Barr body formation during development. Both species have genes that determine coat color, O for the dominant orange fur and o for the recessive black/brown fur, on the X chromosome. In species A, the Barr body forms during week 1 of a 6-month pregnancy whereas in species B, the Barr body forms during week 3 of a 5-month pregnancy. What would you predict about the coloration of heterozygous females (Oo) in the two species? a) Both species will have similar sized patches of orange and black/brown fur. b) Species A will have smaller patches of orange or black/brown fur than will species B. c) The females of both species will show the dominant fur color, orange. Mapping the Distance Between Genes Imagine a species with three loci thought to be on the same chromosome. The recombination rate between locus A and locus B is 35% and the recombination rate between locus B and locus C is 33%. Predict the recombination rate between A and C. a) The recombination rate between locus A and locus C is either 2% or 68%. b) The recombination rate between locus A and locus C is probably 2%. c) The recombination rate between locus A and locus C is either 2% or 50%. d) The recombination rate between locus A and locus C is either 2% or 39%. e) The recombination rate between locus A and locus C cannot be predicted. Triploid species are usually sterile (unable to reproduce), whereas tetraploids are often fertile. Which of the following are likely good explanations of these facts? a) In mitosis, some chromosomes in triploids have no partner at synapsis, but chromosomes in tetraploids do have partners. b) In meiosis, some chromosomes in triploids have no partner at synapsis, but chromosomes in tetraploids do have partners. c) In mitosis, some chromosomes in tetraploids have no partner at synapsis, but chromosomes in triploids do have partners. d) In meiosis, some chromosomes in tetraploids have no partner at synapsis, but chromosomes in triploids do have partners. Chromosomal rearrangements can occur after chromosomes break. Which of the following statements are most accurate with respect to alterations in chromosome structure? a) Chromosomal rearrangements are more likely to occur in mammals than in other vertebrates. b) Translocations and inversions are not deleterious because no genes are lost in the organism. c) Chromosomal rearrangements are more likely to occur during mitosis than during meiosis. d) An individual that is homozygous for a deletion of a certain gene is likely to be more damaged than is one that is homozygous for a duplication of that same gene because loss of a function can be lethal. Imagine that you could create medical policy for a country. In this country it is known that the frequency of Down syndrome babies increases with increasing age of the mother and that the severity of characteristics varies enormously and unpredictably among affected individuals. Furthermore, financial resources are severely limited, both for testing of pregnant women and for supplemental training of Down syndrome children. What kind of policy regarding fetal testing would you implement? The lawyer for a defendant in a paternity suit asked for DNA testing of a baby girl. Which of the following set of results would demonstrate that the purported father was not actually the genetic father of the child? a) The mitochondrial DNA of the child and “father” did not match. b) DNA sequencing of chromosome 5 of the child and “father” did not match. c) The mitochondrial DNA of the child and mother did not match. d) DNA sequencing of chromosome 5 of the child and mother did not match. e) The mitochondrial DNA of the child and “father” matched but the mitochondrial DNA of the child and mother did not.