the work of gregor mendel: monohybrid, dihybrid, incomplete, codominance, multiple alleles,...
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The Work of Gregor Mendel:
Monohybrid, Dihybrid, Incomplete, Codominance, Multiple Alleles, Polygenic
Traits
Genetics: study of hereditary
Every living being- plant, animal, microbe or human being, has a set of characteristics inherited from its parent or parents.
Genetics: study of hereditary
What he knew:
fertilization- during sexual reproduction a male sperm (pollen) and female egg (ova) joined which produced a new cell, which began to develop into a tiny embryo encased within a seed.
When Mendel took control of the garden, he had a garden full of self-breeding garden peas which were true-breeding
True-breeding-
pure genes, if allowed to self pollinate, these plants would produce identical copies of themselves.
What he had to work with
One stock of seeds: produced Tall plants,
One stock of seeds: produced Short Plants,
One line produced: green Seeds,
Another line produced: yellowyellow Seeds
cross pollination
Basis of Mendel’s Experiments: Tall, Short, green Seeds, yellow seeds
He wanted to cross breed these plants called cross pollination
Genes and Dominance:
Mendel studied 7 different pea plant traits
Trait: a specific characteristic, such as seed color or height
1. Form of ripe seed Smooth Wrinkled
2. Color of seed albumen
Yellow Green
3. Color of seed coat Grey White
4. Form of ripe pods Inflated Constricted
5. Color of unripe pods Green Yellow
6. Position of flowers Axial Terminal
7. Length of stem Tall Dwarf
Mendel crossed these plants and studied their offspring He called each of the original plants the P
(Parental) generation
F1 generation
He called the offspring, F1 or “first filial” generation
Filius and filia are the Latin words for “son” and “daughter” Therefore the child in the picture below is the F1 generation of
those parents
Hybrids
The offspring of crosses between parents with different traits are called hybrids
Ex: toyota prius
So, what were the results? Did they have a mixture of all the traits? NO, all the hybrids had the characteristics of
only ONE of the parents. In each cross, the character of the other
parent seemed to disappear!
First Conclusion:
biological inheritance is determined by factors that are passed from one generation to the next
Today, we called these GENES Different forms of a gene are called Allele
Second conclusion: Principle of Dominance P of D: states that some
alleles are dominant and others are recessive
An organism with a dominant form will ALWAYS show the trait
Mendel’s Findings
Tall plant was Dominant and Short plant was recessive/
Yellow seeds Dominant and green seeds are recessive
Segregation:
Mendel wanted to know what happened to the recessive traits. Did they disappear?
He took the F1 generation and crossed them with one another and made the F2 generation
He concluded the
F1 plants produced gametes (sex cells), the 2 alleles segregated from one another so that each gamete carried a single copy of the gene
In the F1 generation, each gamete had 1 copy of the Tall gene and one copy of the short gene.
Genetics and Probability:
Probability: the likelihood that an event will occur
Coin toss: 2 possibilities: head or tails The probability or chances are equal, 1 in 2
chance That is ½ or 50% chance If you flip a coin 3 times in a row what are the
chances that you will get heads every time: ½ x ½ x ½ = 1/8 1 in 8 chance of flipping heads 3 times in a row!
Punnett Squares
the gene combinations that might result from a genetic cross can be determined by drawing a diagram known as a Punnett Square
Very important terms to know!
Homozygous: 2 identical alleles (TT or tt) considered true-breeding
Heterozygous: 2 different alleles (Tt) considered Hybrids
Phenotypes: physical characteristics, like tall or short
Genotypes: genetic characteristics like TT, Tt, or tt
Tutorial
The figure represents a monohybrid cross of F1-hybrid plants.
Both parent plants are heterozygous (Ss) for an allele that determines seed shape.
Presence of the dominant allele (S) in homozygous (SS) or heterozygous (Ss) plants results in spherical seeds.
Homozygous recessive (ss) plants have dented seeds.
2. Write the alleles for parent 1 on the left side of the Punnett square.
Each gamete will have one of the two alleles of the parent.
In this particular cross, half of the gametes will have the dominant (S) allele, and half will have the recessive (s) allele.
3. Write the alleles from parent 2 above the Punnett square.
For this heterozygous parent (Ss), half of the gametes will have the dominant (S) allele, and half will have the recessive (s) allele.
4. Fill the squares for parent 1.
Fill each square with the allele from Parent 1 that lines up with the row.
5. Fill the squares for parent 2.
Fill each square with the allele from Parent 2 that lines up with the column.
Interpreting the results of a Punnett square We now have the information for predicting
the outcome of the cross. The genotypes in the four boxes of the
Punnett square are each equally likely to occur among the offspring of this cross.
We may now tabulate the results.
Genotypes that resulted from this monohybrid cross (Ss x Ss)
25% 50% 25% homozygous heterozygous homozygous
dominant dominant recessive
Independent Assortment: Dihybrid Crosses 2 factor Cross Mendel crossed true breeding plants that
produced only round yellow peas (RRYY) with plants that produced wrinkled green peas (rryy)
All the F1: round yellow peas
Showed that the allele for yellow and round peas are dominant Provided the hybrid plants for the F1 cross to
produce the F2 generation F2: RrYy Found a grand mix of traits proving that the
genes practiced independent assortment meaning that the seed shape and color are independent of one another
F2 results//
9:3:3:1 9 yellow and round, 3 green and round, 3
yellow and wrinkled, 1 green and wrinkled
Tutorial: Dihybrid Crosses
Determine all possible combinations of alleles in the gametes for each parent.
Half of the gametes get a dominant S and a dominant Y allele; the other half of the gametes get a recessive s and a recessive y allele.
Both parents produce 25% each of SY, Sy, sY, and sy.
1. Punnett square.
Since each Parent produces 4 different combinations of alleles in the gametes, draw a 4 square by 4 square punnett square.
2. Place in Gametes from Parent 1
List the gametes for Parent 1 along one edge of the punnett square.
5. Fill in Alleles from Parent 2
Fill out the squares with the alleles from Parent 2.
The result is the prediction of all possible combinations of genotypes for the offspring of the dihybrid cross, SsYy x SsYy.
Predicting the phenotype of offspring There are 9 genotypes
for spherical, yellow seeded plants. They are:
SSYY (1/16)SSYy (2/16)SsYY (2/16)SsYy (4/16)
Predicting the phenotype of offspring Two recessive alleles
result in green seeded plants.
There are 2 genotypes for spherical, green seeded plants. They are:
SSyy (1/16) Ssyy (2/16)
Predicting the phenotype of offspring Two recessive s alleles
result in dented seeded plants.
There are 2 genotypes for dented, yellow seeded plants. They are:
ssYY (1/16) ssYy (2/16)
Predicting the phenotype of offspring A ssyy plant would be
recessive for both traits.
There is only 1 genotypes for dented, green seeded plants. It is:
ssyy (1/16)
A phenotypic ratio of 9:3:3:1
A phenotypic ratio of 9:3:3:1 is predicted for the offspring of a SsYy x SsYy dihybrid cross.
Summary of Mendel’s Principles:
Inheritance of biological characteristics is determined by genes passed from parents to offspring
In cases where 2 alleles exist: 1 is dominant, 1 is recessive
Each adult has 2 copies of each gene, one from each parent
Genes for different things usually segregate independently
Beyond Dominant and Recessive alleles: some alleles are neither dominant nor
recessive many traits are controlled by multiple alleles
or genes
If Mendel were given a mommy black mouse & a daddy white mouse & asked what their offspring would look like, he would've said that a certain percent would be black & the others would be white. He would never have even considered that a white mouse & a black mouse could produce a GREY mouse! For Mendel, the phenotype of the offspring from parents with different phenotypes always resembled the phenotype of at least one of the parents.
In other words, Mendel was unaware of the phenomenon of INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE.
1. Incomplete Dominance:
F1 Generation: red flower (RR) and white flower (rr)
F2 Generation: pink (Rr) With incomplete dominance, a cross
between organisms with two different phenotypes produces offspring with a third phenotype that is a blending of the parental traits.
2. Codominance:
Both alleles contribute to the phenotype ex: chicken feathers
In COdominance, the "recessive" & "dominant" traits appear together in the phenotype of hybrid organisms.
I remember codominance in the form of an example like so:
red x black ---> red & black spotted
In horses, gray horses (GG) are codominant to white horses (WW). The heterozygous horses(GW) is an appaloosa horse (a white horse with gray spots on the rump and loins). Cross a white horse with an appaloosa horse.
Blood Types
A and B are codominant AA = Type A BB = Type B AB = Type AB
A and B are dominant over O AO = type A BO = type B OO = type O
#1
Show the cross between a mother who has type O blood and a father who has type AB blood.
- AO (2) BO (2)- ratio 1:1
- type A (2); type B (2)- ratio 1:1
PHENOTYPES:
GENOTYPES O O
A
B
AO
BO
AO
BO
#2
Show the cross between a mother who is heterozygous for type B blood and a father who is heterozygous for type A blood
Genotype:
Phenotype:
-AB (1); BO (1); AO (1); OO (1)- ratio 1:1:1:1
-type AB (1); type B (1) type A (1); type O (1)- ratio 1:1:1:1
GENOTYPES:
PHENOTYPES:
A O
B
O
AB
OO
BO
AO
#3
Show the cross between a mother who is homozygous for type B blood and a father who is heterozygous for type A blood
Genotype:
Phenotype:
Show the cross between a mother who is homozygous for type B blood and a father who is heterozygous for type A blood
Genotype:
AB (2), BO (2)
ratio - 1:1
Phenotype:
Type AB (2);
Type B (2)
ratio – 1:1
B B
A
O
AB
BO
AB
BO