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Biology 305: University of Michigan: Jeyabalan
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
05/03/2011

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transmission genetics
Definition
individuals: how they pass information to offspring…able to look at genes and conduct ‘gene mapping’ look at how they are transmitted and mapped..dominate recessive. GENE LOCUS: where it is located (loci–plural)
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molecular genetics
Definition
molecular nature and chemical nature of gene and gene function and regulation, transcription factors, gene action
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population genetics
Definition
 how genes behave in population, evolution: change in genetic make up over a period of time, change in the genetic make up
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evolution
Definition
change in genetic make up over a period of time, change in the genetic make up
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model organisms
Definition
those organisms of which a lot of genetic information is available: fly genetics: Drosophila, bacterial genetics: E. coli…can also use mouse, yeast, C. elegans, human
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genes
Definition
the basic unit of hereditary information
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genome
Definition
collection of all the genes in an organism
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genomics
Definition

study of structure, function, regulation, of all the genes in an organisms genome

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blending inheritance
Definition

MIXING ESSENCES IN ZYGOTE: this is why there are similarities in children to their parents

yy (green)+ YY(yellow) = yellow green

disproved by Mendel

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Pure Line/True Breeding
Definition

not heterozygous, will have pure progeny, yellow->yellow->yellow->yellow

no recessive displayed in progeny

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hybrid
Definition
heterozygous, potential to have recessive traits displayed in progeny, 
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particulate inheritance
Definition
must be particulate because if it was not it would be blending and the way the progeny clearly display dominant or recessive alleles not both mixed
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phenotype
Definition
appearance
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1st Law of Mendel
Definition
1st Law: Law of segregation: alleles segregate during gamete formation
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homozygous
Definition

YY or yy

either fully dominant or fully recessive. 

 

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heterozygous
Definition

Yy or yY

has both dominant and recessive aspects

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2nd Law of Mendel
Definition

  Law of Independent Assortment

during gamete formation, the segregation of one gene pair is independent of another gene pair

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probability
Definition

number of times and event occurs /total number of trials

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