Biology 1202B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: X-Inactivation, Autosome, Homologous Chromosome

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Although chromosomes are relatively stable structures, they are sometimes altered by breaks in the dna, which can be generated by agents such as radiation or certain chemicals or by enzymes encoded in some infecting viruses. Genetic changes may also occur through changes in chromosome number, including addition or loss of one more chromosomes or even entire sets of chromosomes. Chromosomal alterations after breakages occur in 4 major forms: deletion occurs if a broken segment is lost from a chromosome. Because sexual development in humans is pushed toward male or female reproductive organs primarily by the presence or absence of the sry gene on the y chromosome, people with a y chromosome. 2015-01-10 are externally malelike, no matter how many x chromosomes are present. Sickle cell disease and cystic brosis are examples of human traits caused by recessive alleles on autosomes: alleles of these particular traits code for defective proteins that function poorly, if at all.

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