BIOL 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.3/2.4: Mendelian Inheritance, Punnett Square, Genetic Recombination

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Two-factor crosses = following the inheritance of two different characters within the same group of individuals: this kind of cross led mendel to the law of independent assortment. Mendel"s experiment: followed two different true-breeding strains which differed from one another by two different characteristics, non-parentals = when the combination of traits were not found in true-breeding plants of the parental generation. Ex. if it was rryy x rryy then it should result in offspring that are either rryy or rryy, but that isn"t the case. Mendel"s law of independent assortment = two different genes will randomly assort their alleles during the formation of haploid cells: two-factor crosses. What this law means: an individual can produce a lot of genetically different offspring. Genetic recombination = when and offspring has a combination of genes that differs from the combination the parents had.

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In the tomato, red fruit (R) is dominant over yellow fruit (r), and yellow flowers (F) are dominant over white flowers (f). A cross was made between true-breeding plants with red fruit and yellow flowers, and plants with yellow fruit and white flowers. All F₁ offspring are heterozygotes for both traits. The F₁ female plants were then test crossed to males with yellow fruit and white flowers (homozygous recessive for both traits). The following results were obtained:

333 red fruit, yellow flowers

64 red fruit, white flowers

58 yellow fruit, yellow flowers

345 yellow fruit, white flowers

Total of 800

1. Conduct a Chi square analysis to see if the two genes are linked ( Check a solved problem S1, page 148 in the first edition text book, and page 150 in the second edition problem #1 for an idea)â¦follow the same steps)

a. Propose a hypothesis to be tested

b. Find the expected (predicted) number of offspring ( Hint what is the ratio of test cross results?)

c. Calculate and Interpret the Chi âsquare result

d. If the two genes (fruit color and flower color) are linked, calculate the map distance between the two genes.

2. Set a sample test cross, Explain the rationale behind a testcross, why is it necessary for one of the parents to be homozygous recessive for the genes of interest?

1. Characters that show a continuous range of variation, such as height and eye color, usually are controlled:

a.	by a single gene with two alleles that are codominant.

b.	by many genes with an additive effect.

c.	by epistatic interactions between two genes.

d.	mainly by the environment, with only a small genetic component.

2. In humans, red-green colorblindness is inherited as a sex-linked recessive trait. In order for a woman to be red-green colorblind, which of the following statements must be true.

a.	Her mother must be red-green colorblind.

b.	All of her brothers must be red-green colorblind.

c.	Her father must be red-green colorblind.

d.	All of the above statements must be true if a woman is red-green colorblind.

3. The x-ray crystallography data collected by Rosalind Franklin suggested to Watson and Crick that the:

a.	structure of DNA is a double helix.

b.	two strands of the DNA molecule are joined by hydrogen bonds between the bases.

c.	four bases within DNA pair in a specific way.

d.	two strands of the DNA molecule are joined by covalent bonds between the bases.

4. In the genetic code, _________ one amino acid.

a.	one nucleotide specifies

b.	two nucleotides specify

c.	three nucleotides specify

d.	four nucleotides specify

5. During Meiosis I, a homologous pair of chromosomes may not separate, resulting in daughter cells that have extra chromosomes or are missing chromosomes. This can lead to genetic disorders, including Down Syndrome. This phenomenon is called:

a.	independent assortment.

b.	nondisjunction.

c.	segregation.

d.	crossing over.

6. You are a human geneticist studying the incidence of retinitis pigmentosa in the residents of Tristan de Cunha, a group of small islands in the middle of the southern Atlantic Ocean. The allele for retinitis pigmentosa, which causes a form of blindness, is inherited as an autosomal recessive. You have determined that the frequency of this allele (r) in the population is 0.4 (40%). Using the principles of the Hardy-Weinberg rule, you would estimate the frequency of individuals who are heterozygous for this allele (Rr) in the population to be:

a.	0.16 (16%)

b.	0.24 (24%)

c.	0.36 (36%)

d.	0.48 (48%)

7. Natural selection acts at the level of the:

a.	phenotype.

gene.

c.	population.

d.	nucleotide.

8. You are working with pea plants, trying to recreate the experiments that Mendel performed. You are doing a dihybrid cross with a plant that is heterozygous for both seed shape and seed color, with the genotype RrYy. Which allelic combinations would you expect to find in the gametes produced by this plant?

a.	This plant would produce only RY and ry gametes.

b.	This plant would produce only RrYy gametes.

c.	This plant would produce RY, Ry, rY, and ry gametes.

d.	You cannot determine which gametes this plant can produce without knowing the genotypes of its parents.

9. Biochemist Erwin Chargaff found that in DNA there is a special relationship between the four bases that we now call Chargaff's rule. His observation was that, in an organism's genome the:

a.	percentage of A nucleotides = the percentage of T nucleotides, and the percentage of C nucleotides = the percentage of G nucleotides.

b.	four bases all occur in an equal frequency (25%) within each organism.

c.	percentage of A nucleotides = the percentage of G nucleotides, and the percentage of C nucleotides = the percentage of T nucleotides.

d.	genetic material is composed of proteins, not DNA.

10. During DNA replication:

a.	each strand of the double helix acts as a template for the synthesis of a new strand.

b.	the enzyme DNA polymerase adds nucleotides to the strand being synthesized.

c.	the bases A,C,G and T are required.

d.	All of the above are true of DNA replication.

11. During translation, amino acids are joined by peptide bonds to make polypeptides. The formation of these peptide bonds is catalyzed by:

12. If an allele (R) at a gene with two alleles shows complete dominance, individuals with the genotypes ______ will have the same phenotype.

a.	RR and rr.

RR and Rr

Rr and rr

d.	Each of the three possible genotypes will have a different phenotype.

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