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Medialiangenetics
1ShownareF2resultsoftwoofMendel'smonohybridcrosses.Stateanullhypothesisthatyouwilltestusingchi-squareanalysis.Calculatethex2valueanddeterminethepvalueforbothcrosses,theninterpretthepvalues.Whichcrossshowsagreateramountofdeviation?
(a)Fullpods882
Constrictedpods299
(b)Violetflowers705
Whiteflowers224
2InDmsophihla,gaybodycolorisdominantoverebonybodycolor,whilelongwingsaredominantovervestigialwings.WorkthefollowingcrossesthroughtheeF2generation,anddeterminethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosforeachgeneration.AssumethatthePlindividualsarehomozygous:
(a)gray,long×ebony,vestigial(b)gray,vestigial×ebony,long(c)gray,long×gray,vestigial
3.Howmanydifferenttypesofgametescanbeformedbyindividualsofthefollowinggenotypes?
Whataretheyineachcase?
(a)AaBb,(b)AaBB,(c)AaBbCc,(d)AaBBcc,(e)AaBbccand(f)AaBbCcDdEe?
4.Usingtheforked-linemethod,detenninetheegenotypicandphenotypicratiosofthesetrihybridcrosses:
(a)AaBbCc×AaBBCC,(b)AaBBCc×aaBBCc,and(c)AaBbCc×AaBbCc.
5.Mendelcrossedpeaswithround,greenseedswithpeashavingwrinkled,yellowseeds.AllFlplantshadseedsthatwereroundandyellow-PredicttheresultsoftestcrossingtheseF1plants.
6.InoneofMendel'sdihybridcrosses,heobserved315round,yellow;108round,green;101wrinkled,yellow;and32wrinkled,greenF2plants.Analyzethesedatausingchi--squareanalysistoseewhether(a)theyfita9:
3:
3:
1ratio;(b)theround,wrinkledtraitfitfora3:
1ratio;or(c)theyellow,greentraitsfita3:
1ratio.
7.Ageneticist,inassessingdatathatfellintotwophenotypicclasses,observedvaluesof250:
150.Hedecidedtoperformchi-squareanalysisusingtwodifferentnullhypotheses:
(a)Thedatafita3:
1ratio;and(b)thedatafital:
1ratio.CalculatetheX2valuesforeachhypothesis-Whatcanyouconcludeabouteachhypothesis?
8.Thebasisforrejectinganynullhypothesisisarbitrary.Theresearchercansetmoreorlessstringentstandardsbydecidingtoraiseorlowerthecriticalpvalue.Wouldtheuseofastandardofp=0.10bemoreorlessstringentinfailingtorejectthenullhypothesis?
Explain.
9.Considerthreeindependentlyassortinggenepairs,A/a,B/b,andC/c,whereeachdemonstratestypicaldominance(A-,B-,C-),andrecessiveness(aa,bb,cc).WhatistheprobabilityofobtainingoffspringthatisAABbCcfromparentsthatareAaBbCCandAABbCc?
10.WhatistheprobabilityofobtainingatriplyrecessiveindividualfromtheeparentasshowninProblem9?
11.OfalloffspringoftheParentsinProblem9,whatproportionwillexpressallthreedominanttraits?
12.Forthefollowingpedigree,predictthemodeofinheritanceandtheresultinggenotypesofeachindividual.AssumethattheallelesAandacontroltheexpressionofthetrait.
13.WhichofMendel'spostulatesaredemonstratedbythepedigreeinProblem12?
Listanddefinethesepostulates.
14.Thefollowingpedigreefollowstheinheritanceofmyopia(near-sightedness)inhumans.Predictwhetherthedisorderisidentifiedasadominantorarecessivetrait.Basedonyourpredic6on,indicatethemostprobablegenotypeforeachindividual.
15.Twotrue-breedingpeaplantsarecrossed.Oneparentisround,terminal,violet,constricted,whiletheotherexpressesthecontrastingphenotypesofwdnkled,axial,white,full.Thefourpairsofcontrastingtraitsarecontrolledbyfourgenes,eachlocatedonaseparatechromosome.IntheF1generationonlyround,axial,violet,andfullareexpressed.IntheF2generation,allpossiblecombinationsofthesetraitsareexpressedinratiosconsistentwithMendelianinheritance.
(a)WhatconclusioncanyoudrawabouttheinheritanceofthesetraitsbasedontheFlresults?
(b)WhichphenotypeappearsmostfrequentlyintheF2results?
Writeamathematicalexpressionthatpredictsthefrequencyofoccurrenceofthisphenotype.
(c)WhichF2phenotypeisexpectedtooccur1eastfrequently?
Writeamathematicalexpressionthatpredictsthisfrequency.
(d)HowofteniseitherPlphenotypelikelytooccurintheF2generation?
(e)IftheFlplantistestcrossed,howmanydifferentphenotypeswillbeproduced,andhowdoesthisnumbercomparetothenumberofdifferentphenotypesintheF2generationdiscussedinpart(b)?
16.Tay-Sachsdisease(TSD)isaninbornerrorofmetabolismthatresultsindeath,usual1ybeforetheageoffive.Youareageneticcounselor,andyouinterviewaphenotypicallynormalcouplewhoconsultyoubecausethemanhadafemalefirstcousin(onMsfather'sside)whodiedtomTSD,andthewomanhadamaternalunclewithTSD.Therearenootherknowncasesineitherfamily,andnoneofthematingswere/arebetweenrelatedindividuals.Assumethatthistraitisrareinthispopulation.
(a)Usingstandardpedigreesymbols,drawapedigreeoftheseindividuals,families,showingtherelevantindividuals.
(b)ThecoupleasksyoutocalculatetheprobabilitythattheybothareheterozygousfortheTSDallele.
(c)Theyalsowanttoknowtheprobabilitythatneitherofthemisheterozygous.
(d)Theyalsoaskyoufortheprobabilitythatoneofthemisheterozygousbuttheotherisnot.
[Hint:
theeanswersto(b),(c),and(d)shouldaddupto1.0.]
17Chlamydomonas,aeukaryoticgreenalga,issensitivetotheantibioticerythromycin,whichinhibitsproteinsynthesisinprokaryotes.Therearetwomatingtypesinthisalga,mt+andmt-,Ifanmt+cellsensitivetotheantibioticiscrossedwithanmt-cellthatisresistant,allprogenycellsaresensitive.Thereciprocalcross(mt+resistantandmt-sensitive)yieldsallresistantprogenycells.AssumingthatthemutationforresistanceisinthechloroplastDNA,whatcanyouconcludefromtheresultsfromthesecrosses?
sexdetermination
1.Asrelatedtosexdetermination,whatismeantby(a)homomorphicandheteromorphicchromosomes;(b)isogamousandheterogamousorganisms?
2.ContrastthelifecycleofaplantsuchaszeamayswithananimalsuchasC.elegans-.
3.Discusstheroleofsexualdifferentiationinthelifecyclesofchlamydomonas,ZEmays,andC.elegans.
4.Distinguishbetweentheconceptsofsexualdifferentiationandsexdetem1ination.
5.ContrasttheProtenorandLygaeusmodesofsexdetermination.
6.DescribethemajordifferencebetweensexdeterminationinDrosophilaandinhumans.
7.Whatspecificobservations(evidence)supporttheconclusionsyouhavedrawnaboutsexdeterminationinDrosophilaandhumans?
8.DescribehownondisjunctioninhumanfemalegametescangiverisetoKlinefelterandTurnersyndromeoffspringfollowingfertilizationbyanormalmalegamete.
9.Aninsectspeciesisdiscoveredinwhichtheheterogameticsexisunknown.AnX-linkedrecessivemutationforreducedwing(rw)isdiscovered.ContrasttheF1andF2generationsfromacrossbetweenafemalewithreducedwingsandamalewithnormalsizedwingswhen(a)thefemaleistheheterogameticsex;(b)themaleistheheterogameticsex.
10.Basedonyouranswersinboblem9,isitpossibletodistinguishbetweenProtenorandLygaeusmodeofsexdeterminationbasedontheoutcomeofthesecrosses?
11.WhenCOWShavetwincalvesofunlikesex(fraternaltwins),thefemaletwinisusuallysterileandhasmasculinindreproductiveorgans.Thiscalfisreferredtoasafreemartin.Incows,twinsmayshareacommonplacentaandthusfetalcirculation.Predictwhyafreemartindevelops.
12.Ithasbeensuggestedthatanymale-determininggenescontainedontheYchromosomeinhumanscannotbelocatedinthelimitedregionthatsynapseswiththeXchromosomeduringmeiosis.Whatmightbetheoutcomeifsuchgeneswerelocatedinthisregion?
13.WhatisaBarrbody,andwhereisitfoundinacell?
14.IndicatetheexpectednumberofBarrbodiesininterphasecellofthefollowingindividuals;KIinefeltersyndrome;Tumersyndrome;andkaryotypes47,XYY,47,XXX,and48,XXXX.
15.DefinetheLyonhypothesis.
16.CantheLyonhypothesisbetestedinahumanfemalewhoishomozygousforonealleleoftheX-linkedG6PDgene?
Why,orwhynot?
17.PredictthepotentialeffectoftheLyonhypothesisontheregionofahumanfemaleheterozygousfortheX-linkedred-greencolorblindnesstrait.
18.CatbreedersareawarethatkittensexpressingtheX-linkedcalicocoatpatternandtortoiseshellpatternarealmostinvariablefemales.Why?
19.Whatdoestheapparentneedfordosagecompensationmechanismssuggestabouttheexpressionofgeneticinformationinnormaldiploidindividuals?
LinkageandChromosomeMappingineukaryotyes
1.Whatisthesignificanceofcrossingover(whichleadstogeneticrecombinationtotheprocessofevolution?
2.Describethecytologicalobservationthatsuggeststhatcrossingoveroccursduringthefirstmeioticprophase.
3.Whydoesmorecrossingoveroccurbetweentwodistantlylinkedgenesthanbetweentwogenesthatareeveryclosetogetheronthesamechromosome?
4.Whyisa50percentrecoveryofsingle-crossoverproductstheupperlimit,evenwhencrossingoveralwaysoccursbetweentwolinkedgenes?
5.Whyaredouble-crossovereventsexpectedlessfrequentlythansingle-crossoverevents?
6.Whatistheproposedbasisforpositiveinterference?
7.Whatthreeessentialcriteriamustbemetinordertoexecuteasuccessfulmappingcross?
8.Thegenesdumpywings(dp),cloteyes(cl),andapterouswings(ap)arelinkedonchromosomeIIofDrosophilia.inaseriesoftwo-pointmappingcrosses,thegeneticdistancesshownbelowweredetermined-Whatisthesequenceofthethreegenes?
dp-ap42dp-cl3ap-cl39
9.Considertwohypotheticalrecessiveautosomalgenesaandb,whereaheterozygoteis