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Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance Biology 2 Honors Locating Genes Along Chromosomes Mendel’s “hereditary factors” were genes, though this wasn’t known during his time Today we know 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 Mendelian inheritance has its physical basis in the behavior of chromosomes 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 be said to account for Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent assortment Fig. 15-2 P Generation Yellow-round seeds (YYRR) Y Y R r R y Green-wrinkled seeds ( yyrr) y r Meiosis Fertilization y R Y Gametes r All F1 plants produce yellow-round seeds (YyRr) F1 Generation R R y r Y Y LAW OF SEGREGATION The two alleles for each gene separate during gamete formation. y r LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT Alleles of genes on nonhomologous chromosomes assort independently during gamete formation. Meiosis R r Y y r R Y y Metaphase I 1 1 R r r R Y y Anaphase I Y y R r Y y Metaphase II r R Y y 2 2 Y Y Gametes R R 1/ F2 Generation 4 YR y r r r 1/ Y Y y r 1/ 4 yr 4 Yr y y R R 1/ 4 yR An F1 F1 cross-fertilization 3 3 9 :3 :3 :1 Thomas Hunt Morgan Drosophila melanogaster Morgan’s Experimental Evidence The first solid evidence associating a specific gene with a specific chromosome came from Thomas Hunt Morgan Morgan’s experiments with fruit flies provided convincing evidence that chromosomes are the location of Mendel’s heritable factors Several characteristics make fruit flies a convenient organism for genetic studies: They breed at a high rate A generation can be bred every two weeks They have only four pairs of chromosomes Morgan noted wild type, or normal, phenotypes that were common in the fly populations Traits alternative to the wild type are called mutant phenotypes Sex-Linked Genes Sex-Linked genes: Genes located on sex chromosomes. This term is commonly applied to genes on the X chromosome 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 Fig. 15-4 EXPERIMENT P Generation F1 Generation All offspring had red eyes RESULTS F2 Generation CONCLUSION P Generation X X w+ w+ X Y w Eggs F1 Generation w+ Sperm w+ w+ w w+ Eggs F2 Generation w w+ w Sperm w+ w+ w+ w w w+ Linked genes Each chromosome has hundreds or thousands of genes Genes located on the same chromosome that tend to be inherited together are called linked genes Linked genes tend to be inherited together because they are located near each other on the same chromosome Linkage Affects Inheritance Morgan did some 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 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 However, nonparental phenotypes were also produced Genetic recombinationoccured: the production of offspring with combinations of traits differing from either parent Fig. 15-UN1 b+ vg+ Parents in testcross Most offspring b vg b vg b vg b+ vg+ b vg or b vg b vg Fig. 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 Testcross offspring b b vg vg Eggs b+ vg+ Wild type (gray-normal) b vg b+ vg b vg+ Blackvestigial Grayvestigial Blacknormal 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 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 Recombination of Linked Genes: Crossing Over Morgan discovered that genes can be linked, but the linkage was incomplete, as evident from recombinant phenotypes Morgan proposed that some process must sometimes break the physical connection between genes on the same chromosome That mechanism was the crossing over of homologous chromosomes Fig. 15-10 Testcross parents Gray body, normal wings (F1 dihybrid) Replication of chromosomes Meiosis I Black body, vestigial wings (double mutant) b+ vg+ b vg b vg b vg b+ vg+ 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 Meiosis II Recombinant chromosomes Eggs Testcross offspring b+ vg+ 965 Wild type (gray-normal) b vg 944 Blackvestigial b+ vg 206 Grayvestigial b vg+ 185 Blacknormal b+ vg+ b vg b+ vg b vg+ b vg b vg b vg b vg Parental-type offspring Recombinant offspring 391 recombinants Recombination = frequency 2,300 total offspring 100 = 17% b vg Sperm Replication of chromosomes Fig. 15-10b Recombinant chromosomes Eggs Testcross offspring b vg b+ vg+ 965 Wild type (gray-normal) 944 Blackvestigial b+ vg 206 Grayvestigial b vg+ 185 Blacknormal b+ vg+ b vg b+ vg b vg+ b vg b vg b vg b vg Parental-type offspring Recombination frequency = Recombinant offspring 391 recombinants 2,300 total offspring 100 = 17% b vg Sperm Mapping the Distance Between Genes Using Recombination Data Genetic map, an ordered list of the genetic loci along a particular chromosome The farther apart two genes are, the higher the probability that a crossover will occur between them and therefore the higher the recombination frequency 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 Fig. 15-11 RESULTS Recombination frequencies 9% Chromosome 9.5% 17% b cn vg Fig. 15-12 Short aristae 0 Long aristae (appendages on head) Mutant phenotypes Black body 48.5 Gray body Cinnabar eyes 57.5 Red eyes Vestigial wings 67.0 Normal wings Wild-type phenotypes Brown eyes 104.5 Red eyes 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 Using methods like chromosomal banding, geneticists can develop cytogenetic maps of chromosomes Cytogenetic maps indicate the positions of genes with respect to chromosomal features Sex systems in animals Fig. 15-6 44 + XY 44 + XX Parents 22 + 22 + or Y X Sperm + 44 + XX or 22 + X Egg 44 + XY Zygotes (offspring) (a) The X-Y system 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 Inheritance of Sex-Linked Genes The sex chromosomes have genes for many characters unrelated to sex A gene located on either sex chromosome is called a sexlinked gene In humans, sex-linked usually refers to a gene on the larger X chromosome Sex-linked genes follow specific patterns of inheritance For a recessive sex-linked trait to be expressed A female needs two copies of the allele A male needs only one copy of the allele Sex-linked recessive disorders are much more common in males than in females Some disorders caused by recessive alleles on the X chromosome in humans: Color blindness Duchenne muscular dystrophy Hemophilia Are You Color Blind? Fig. 15-7 XNXN Sperm Xn Xn Y (a) Sperm XN Y Eggs XN XNXn XNY XN XNXn XNY Xn (b) Sperm Xn Y Eggs XN XNXN XNY XNXn XNY XNXn Xn Y Y Eggs XN XNXn XNY Xn XN Xn Y Xn (c) Xn Xn Xn Y Some disorders caused by recessive alleles on the X chromosome in humans: Color blindness Duchenne muscular dystrophy Hemophilia 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 DNA Methylation is the mechanism for X-inactivation (methyl groups added to cytosine nucleotide in the DNA molecule) Fig. 15-8 X chromosomes Early embryo: Two cell populations in adult cat: Active X Allele for orange fur Allele for black fur Cell division and X chromosome inactivation Active X Inactive X Black fur Orange fur Chromosomal Alterations Large-scale chromosomal alterations often lead to spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) or cause a variety of developmental disorders…bad news! 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 Nondisjunction can also occur in mitosis Fig. 15-13-3 Meiosis I Nondisjunction Meiosis II Nondisjunction Gametes n+1 n+1 n–1 n–1 n+1 n–1 n Number of chromosomes (a) Nondisjunction of homologous chromosomes in meiosis I (b) Nondisjunction of sister chromatids in meiosis II Nondisjunction video n Aneuploidy Aneuploidy results from the fertilization of gametes in which nondisjunction occurred Offspring with this condition have an abnormal number of a particular chromosome A monosomic zygote has only one copy of a particular chromosome A trisomic zygote has three copies of a particular chromosome Polyploidy 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 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 a segment within a chromosome Translocation moves a segment from one chromosome to another Fig. 15-15 (a) (b) (c) (d) A B C D E F G H A B C D E F G H A B C D E F G H A B C D E F G H Deletion Duplication Inversion A B C E F G H A B C B C D E A D C B E F G H M N O C D E F G H Reciprocal translocation M N O P Q R 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 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. Aneuploidy of Sex Chromosomes Nondisjunction of sex chromosomes produces a variety of aneuploid conditions Males Klinefelter syndrome is the result of an extra chromosome in a male, producing sterile XXY individuals (1 in 2000 births?) Extra Y (XYY)…apparently normal males (1 in 1000 births?) Females Monosomy X, called Turner syndrome, produces X0 females, who are sterile; it is the only known viable monosomy in humans (1 in 5000 births?) Triple X Syndrome (XXX)…apparently normal females (1 in 1000 births?) KARYOTYPE TRISOMY Lab You are provided with paper and a maternal set of chromosomes. Cut them out and align them in numerical/size order. You will also be provided with the paternal set of chromosomes. Match them to their homologs. Do not paste until okayed by me. Determine and report Sex Monosomy or trisomy (aneuploidy) Diagnosis Life expectancy 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 Causes certain genes to be differently expressed in the offspring depending upon whether the alleles were inherited from the ovum or from the sperm cell. Triplet Repeats Fragile-X syndrome (CGG) Huntington’s disease (CAG) Extranuclear Genes Extranuclear genes (or cytoplasmic genes) are genes found in organelles in the cytoplasm Mitochondria, chloroplasts carry small circular DNA molecules Extranuclear genes are inherited maternally because the zygote’s cytoplasm comes from the egg