Today

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Todays Objectives

• TSW employ the four primary rules for solving
  genetics problems.
• TSW successfully solve genetics crosses involving
  one and two alleles.
• TSW successfully solve monohybrid and dihybrid
  crosses using the Punnett Square.

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Solving Crosses
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Steps for Solving a Genetics Problem

• Trait dominant A (AA or Aa) Trait
  recessive a (aa)
• ___________ x ___________
• Punnett Square
• Answer questions based on results from Punnett
  Square

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Monohybrid Crosses

• Cross that involves one pair of contrasting
  traits
• Solve using Punnett Square
• Sample problems
• Rr x rr
• RR x rr
• Rr x Rr
• Rr x RR

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Lets Solve Together

• Short hair (L) is dominant to long hair (l) in
  mice. What is the genotype and phenotype ratio
  of a heterozygous short-haired mouse crossed with
  a long-haired mouse?

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Example 1 Monohybrid

• Short hair dominant L (LL or Ll)
  long hair recssive l
• Ll x ll (heterozygote parent Ll)
• Punnett Square
• Genotype ratio ½ Ll ½ ll
• Phenotype ratio ½ short hair ½ long hair

L l
l Ll ll
l Ll ll
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Dihybrid Crosses

• Involves two pairs of contrasting traits
• Pea shape and pea color
• Coat length and coat color in rodents
• Plant height and flower color

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Lets Solve Together

• In guinea pigs, the allele for short hair (S) is
  dominant to long hair (s), and the allele for
  black hair (B) is dominant over the allele for
  brown hair (b). What is the probable offspring
  phenotype ratio for a cross involving two parents
  that are heterozygotes for both traits?

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Example 2 Dihybrid

• Short hair dominant SS or Ss Long Hair
  recessive ss Black coat dominant
  BB or Bb Brown coat recessive bb
• SsBb x SsBb (gametes done by the FOIL method)
• SB, Sb, sB, sb and SB, Sb, sB, sb

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Example 2 Punnett Square
SB Sb sB sb
SB SSBB SSBb SsBB SsBb
Sb SSBb SSbb SsBb Ssbb
sB SsBB SsBb ssBB ssBb
sb SsBb Ssbb ssBb ssbb
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Example 2 Answer the Question

• What is the probable offspring phenotype ratio
  for a cross involving two parents that are
  heterozygotes for both traits?
• 9/16 Black, short coats
• 3/16 Black, long coats
• 3/16 Brown, short coats
• 1/16 Brown, long coats

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Other Types of Heredity Patterns

• Incomplete Dominance blending of traits in
  heterozygote.
• Pink flowers
• RR red
• Rr pink
• rr white

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Other Types of Heredity Patterns

• Codominance can see both alleles at the same
  time.
• Roan coats in horses
• Some white hairs, some red hairs

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Multiple Alleles

• Blood Types in Humans
• Single gene, but four phenotypes
• Type A ? can be AA or Ao
• Type B ? can be BB or Bo
• Type AB ? only AB (codominant pattern here)
• Type O ? only oo (both recessive)
• All 3 blood types are dominant to O

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Continuous Variation

• Multiple genes are involved
• Examples
• Eye color
• Skin color
• Hair color

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Sex-linked Genes

• Present on the X chromosome
• More common in males
• When would a female have this phenotype?
• Examples
• Baldness
• Hemophilia

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Some Human Genetic Disorders Of Interest

• Cystic Fibrosis
• Sickle-cell Anemia
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Hemophilia
• Huntingtons Disease
• Muscular Dystrophy