Chapter 13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

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Chapter 13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
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Question?

• Does Like really beget Like?
• The offspring will resemble the parents, but
  they may not be exactly like them.

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Can you pick out the kids for each couple?
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Heredity

• The transmission of traits from parents to
  offspring.
• Comment - Humans have been aware of heredity for
  thousands of years.

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Genetics

• The scientific study of heredity.
• Comment - Genetics is only about 150 years old.

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Genes

• The DNA for a trait.
• Locus - the physical location of a gene in a
  chromosome.

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Reproduction

• A method of copying genes to pass them on to
  offspring.
• Two main types
• Asexual reproduction
• Sexual reproduction

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Asexual Reproduction

• Parent passes all of its genes to its offspring.
• Uses mitosis.
• Also known as cloning.
• Comment - many organisms reproduce this way.

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Asexual Bud
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Advantages

• Only need 1 parent.
• Offspring are identical to the parent.
• Good genetic traits are conserved and reproduced.

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Disadvantages

• No new DNA combinations for evolution to work on.
• Clones may become extinct if attacked by a
  disease or pest.

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Sexual Reproduction

• Two parents contribute DNA to an offspring.
• Comment - most organisms reproduce this way, but
  it hasnt been proven in some fungi and a few
  others.

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Advantages

• Offspring has a unique combination of DNA which
  may be an improvement over both parents.
• New combination of DNA for evolution to work with.

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Disadvantages

• Need two parents.
• Good gene combinations can be lost.
• Offspring may not be an improvement over the
  parents.

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Question ?

• Do parents give their whole DNA copy to each
  offspring?
• What would happen to chromosome number if they
  did?

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Chromosome Number

• Is usually constant for a species.
• Examples
• Humans - 46
• Corn - 20
• Onions - 16
• Dogs - 72

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Life Cycle - if Mitosis

• Female 46 Male 46
• egg 46 sperm 46
• Zygote 92
• mitosis
  mitosis

Mitosis
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Result

• Chromosome number would double each generation.
• Need a method to reduce the chromosome number.

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Life Cycle - if Meiosis

• Female 46 Male 46
• egg 23 sperm 23
• Zygote 46
• mitosis
  mitosis

Meiosis
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Result

• Chromosome number will remain the same with each
  sexual reproduction event.
• Meiosis is used to produce the gametes or sex
  cells.

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Homework

• Reading Chapters 13, 46
• Lab - Ps
• Chapter 46 today
• Chapter 12 Friday 11/1

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Meiosis - Purpose

• To reduce the number of chromosomes by half.
• Prevents doubling of chromosome numbers during
  sexual reproduction.

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Sexual Life Cycle

• Has alternation of meiosis and fertilization to
  keep the chromosome numbers constant for a
  species.

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Life Cycle Variations
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Ploidy

• Number of chromosomes in a "set" for an organism.
• Or, how many different kinds of chromosomes the
  species has.
• Usually shown as N
• Humans N 23

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Diploid

• 2 sets of chromosomes.
• Most common number in body or somatic cells.
• Humans 2N 46
• Corn 2N 20
• Fruit Flies 2N 8

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Haploid

• 1 set of chromosomes.
• Number in the gametes or sex cells.
• Humans N 23
• Corn N 10
• Fruit Flies N 4

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Polyploids

• Multiple sets of chromosomes.
• Examples
• 3N triploid
• 4N tetraploid
• Common in plants, but usually fatal in animals.

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Meiosis/Mitosis Preview of differences

• Two cell divisions, not one.
• Four cells produced, not two.
• Synapsis and Chiasmata will be observed in Meiosis

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Meiosis/Mitosis Preview of differences

• 1st division separates PAIRS of chromosomes, not
  duplicate chromosomes.
• Interkinesis is present.

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Meiosis

• Has two cell divisions. Steps follow the
  names for mitosis, but a I or II will be
  added to label the phase.

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Interphase - Movie
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Prophase I - Movie
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Prophase I

• Basic steps same as in prophase of Mitosis.
• Synapsis occurs as the chromosomes condense.
• Synapsis - homologous chromosomes form bivalents
  or tetrads.

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Prophase I

• Chiasmata observed.
• Longest phase of division.

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Metaphase I - Movie
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Metaphase I

• Tetrads or bivalents align on the metaphase
  plate.
• Centromeres of homologous pairs point toward
  opposite poles.

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Anaphase I - Movie
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Anaphase I

• Homologous PAIRS separate.
• Duplicate chromosomes are still attached at the
  centromeres.

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Anaphase I

• Maternal and Paternal chromosomes are now
  separated randomly.

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Telophase I - Movie
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Telophase I

• Similar to Mitosis.
• Chromosomes may or may not unwind to chromatin.
• Cytokinesis separates cytoplasm and 2 cells are
  formed.

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Interkinesis

• No DNA synthesis occurs.
• May last for years, or the cell may go
  immediately into Meiosis II.
• May appear similar to Interphase of Mitosis.

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Meiosis II

• Steps are the same as in Mitosis.
• Prophase II
• Metaphase II
• Anaphase II
• Telophase II

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Meiosis II - Movie
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Meiosis - Results

• 4 cells produced.
• Chromosome number halved.
• Gametes or sex cells made.
• Genetic variation increased.

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Sexual Sources of Genetic Variation

• 1. Independent Assortment of Chromosomes during
  Meiosis.
• 2. Random Fertilization.
• 3. Crossing Over.

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Independent Assortment

• There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans.
• The chance to inherit a single chromosome
  (maternal or paternal) of each pair is 1/2.

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Gamete Possibilities

• With 23 pairs of chromosomes, the number of
  combinations of chromosome types
  (paternal and maternal) are
• 223 or 8,388,608

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Random Fertilization

• The choice of which sperm fuses with which egg is
  random.

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Random Fertilization

• Therefore, with 8,388,608 kinds of sperms and
  8,388,608 kinds of eggs, the number of possible
  combinations of offspring is over 64 million
  kinds.

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Result

• Is it any wonder that two offspring from the same
  human parents only resemble each other and are
  not identical twins?

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Crossing-Over

• The exchange of sister chromatid material during
  synapsis.
• Occurs ONLY in Prophase I.

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Chiasmata

• The point of contact where two chromosomes are
  crossing-over.

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Crossing-over Movie
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Importance

• Breaks old linkage groups.
• Creates new linkage groups increases genetic
  variation.

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Importance

• Very common during meiosis.
• Frequency can be used to map the position of
  genes on chromosomes.

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Comments

• Offspring can never be 100 like a parent if
  sexual reproduction is used.
• Multiple cross-overs are common, especially on
  large chromosomes

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Comments

• Genes near the centromere do not cross-over very
  often.

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Summary

• Know how the chromosomes separate during Meiosis.
• Know how Meiosis differs from Mitosis.
• Know how sexual reproduction increases genetic
  variation.

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Summary

• Use Chapter 46 to look for the differences in
  Meiosis between human males and females.

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Sordaria
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Sordaria
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Sordaria
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Sordaria
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Sordaria
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Sordaria
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Sordaria
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Mitosis/Meiosis Lab Report

• Show drawings of the mitosis phases.
• Calculate the of total cells in each of mitosis
  phases.
• Answer questions 1, 2
• Use the Sordaria data to answer questions 1 3.