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I. Introduction A. 46 chromosomes in each cell (23 pairs) B. Autosomes: all chromosomes except sex chromosomes (22 pairs) C. Sex chromosomes: determine gender (1 pair)
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1. Sex determination a) XX = female b) XY = male 2. During meiosis, each egg from the female gets an X; 1/2 male sperm get X, 1/2 get Y 3. Males determine gender of offspring! a) Except in birds and reptiles where female is XY and male is XX
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II. Studying human genetics A. Difficult because 1. Long generations (25 yrs) 2. Single births 3. Ethical concerns
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B. Methods for studying humans 1. Pedigrees: record that shows how a trait is inherited within a family
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2. Population sampling 1. Selecting a small # of people to represent an entire population 2. Must be a random sample 3. Ex: through random sampling, researchers discovered that 65% of people in US taste PTC, 35% cannot
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3. Identical twin studies a) Identical genetic codes b) Separated at birth: study which traits are genetic(Nature) & which are environmental (Nurture)
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III. Inheritance of human traits A. Dominant traits 1. Polydactyly - extra fingers & toes 2. Dwarfism - small size 3. Curly hair 4. Huntington disease - nervous disorder 5. Piebaldness - white patches of hair
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Vitiligo=AutoImmune Piebaldness=Genetic
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B. Recessive traits 1. Straight hair 2. Freckles 3. Albino 4. Cystic fibrosis - lung disorder 5. Deafness 6. PKU - nervous disorder
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C. Codominance 1. Sickle cell anemia - irregularly shaped red blood cells O allele = healthy(HH) 1 allele = mild case(HS), resistant to malaria 2 alleles = severe case(SS)
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D. Multiple alleles 1. 3 or more alleles which code for a single trait 2. Human blood type a)3 possible alleles: I A, I B, i O b) I A & I B are codominant, i O is recessive c) 41% of US is Type O -- o allele is most common
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Blood Type GenotypesAntigens A IAIAIAiOIAIAIAiO A B IBIBIBiOIBIBIBiO B ABIAIBIAIB A & B Universal acceptor OiOiOiOiO None Universal donor 5. Possible blood types
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Example punnet squares for type A dad and type B mom
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E. Polygenic traits 1. Controlled by 2 or more genes 2. Skin color - the more genes, the more melanin darker skin color 3. Height - more dominant alleles taller 4. Eye Color
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F. Sex-linked traits 1. Genes located on X chromosome 2. Males only have one X, so only have one allele controlling these genes 3. Males more likely to have disorders that are sex-linked because they only need 1 recessive allele
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4. Carrier: someone who has one allele for a disorder -- does not have the disease but can pass it on to children 5. Only women can be carriers for sex-linked traits 6. Examples: hemophilia, muscular dystrophy, colorblindness
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7. Color vision a) X C =Color Vision, X c =colorblind b) Males - 8% colorblind (X c Y) c) Females - 1% colorblind (X c X c ) Normal Red-Green Total
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What are the chances for a healthy dad and a mom who is a carrier for colorblindness to have a child that is colorblind?
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Hemophilia in the Royal Families of Europe
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IV. Genetic disorders A. Nondisjunction: failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis 1. Normal = 23 chromosomes 2. Abnormal = 22 or 24
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3. Monosomy: too few chromosomes, one chromosome left unpaired a) Turner syndrome: female with only 1 X chromosome b) Short stature, sterile
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4. Trisomy: too many chromosomes, extra copy of one a) Down’s syndrome: trisomy 21 b) 1 in 1400 when mother under age 25, 1 in 100 by age 40
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B. Detecting genetic disorders 1. Physical characteristics - features, disabilities 2. Ultrasound - pictures of baby in utero using sound waves 3. Amniocentesis - sample of fluid from around baby, can examine baby’s cells http://www.biology.iupui.edu/biocourses/n100/2k4csomaldisordersnotes.html
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http://www.katie.com/babyblog/archives/000538.html
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4. Karyotype: picture of a person’s cromosomes taken from any cells -- blood in adults, amnio for baby Normal Trisomy 21
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V.Biotechnology A.Genetic engineering: manipulating the DNA of an organism 1.Select useful traits, such as resistance to diseases 2.Transgenic organisms: contain a gene from another organism
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B.DNA fingerprinting 1.Analysis of DNA sequences to determine identity
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C.Gene therapy 1.Once we know which genes code for specific proteins and cause disorders 2.Insert a normal gene into a chromosome to replace a dysfunctional gene 3.On hold until more research can be completed
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