INTRODUCTION TO DROSOPHILA GENETICS DROSOPHILA CULTURE We will study basic principles of Mendelian inheritance with the use of the fruit fly‚ Drosophila melanogaster [the name means “black-bodied fruit-lover”]. Drosophila was one of the first organisms to be studied genetically: its small size‚ short life cycle (10 ~14 days at 25oC)‚ high reproductive rate (an adult female can lay 400-500 eggs in 10 days)‚ and ease of culture and genetic manipulation have made it perhaps the best understood animal
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combinations of two gametes can theorletically equate to many allelic combinations‚ (Brooker‚ 2012). Genetic alleles‚ like the ones which allow you to taste the PTC or not‚ are based on two factors they are; genotype and phenotype which are displayed both physically and genetically. The genotype is based of the genetic composition of a singular organism (Knox‚ Ladiges‚ Evans‚ & Saint‚ 2010)‚ physical appearances in an organism that are determined by genetic inheritance (Knox et al.‚ 2010). Our
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meaning that population genetics is essentially a study of evolution * There are 4 major evolutionary forces: 1. Mutation 2. Migration 3. Inbreeding/genetic drift 4. Selection * Describing population genetic variation: * Genotype frequencies – [N = total samples] f(AA) = # AA/N f(Aa) = # Aa/N f(aa) = #
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BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Genetics Practice Problems 1 In snapdragon plants‚ flower color is transmitted by incomplete dominance. If a red flowering plant mates with a pink flowering plant‚ what phenotypes are possible in their offspring? Show the phenotypic ratio also. 2 In humans‚ freckles are dominant to no freckles. If a male with no freckles mates with a female who is heterozygous for freckles‚ what is the probability of their child having freckles? 3 Cystic fibrosis is transmitted
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Blueprint of Life: Gregor Mendel’s Experiments and the Inheritance of Characteristics How and When Mendel carried out his experiments: a. Briefly outline Mendel’s biography • Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was an Augustinian monk of Austrian origin and is known as the Father of Genetics. • During his childhood he worked as a gardener‚ and as a young man attended the Olmutz Philosophical Institute. • In 1843 he entered an Augustinian monastery in Brunn‚ Czechoslovakia.
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green = 19% and blue = 81% b. green = 81% and blue = 19% c. green = 25% and blue = 75% d. green = 75% and blue = 25% 8. Which individuals have the greatest fitness in an area where malaria is common? a. Individuals of any genotype who become infected with malaria before the age of five. b. Individuals homozygous for the sickle cell anemia allele. c. Individuals homozygous for the normal allele. d. Individuals heterozygous for the normal and sickle cell anemia alleles
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Simulated ABO and Rh Blood Typing Background information: Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories Protocol (Materials and Methods): NeoSci ABO-Rh Typing Using Neo/BLOOD Introduction Around 1900‚ Karl Landsteiner discovered that there are at least four different kinds of human blood based on the presences or absence of specific agglutinogens (agglutinating antigens) on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs‚ also known as erythrocytes). These antigens have been designated as A and B. Antibodies
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their covalent bonds. In other words the sugar and the phosphates which composes the sugar/phosphate support of the polynucleotide. 2. How does an organism’s genotype determine its phenotype? An organism’s genotype is the genetic makeup of that organism. This is the bases of nucleotide in the organism’s DNA. The phenotype is the distinction between an organism’s physical traits‚ in which it derives from the actions of the broad variety of proteins. The buildup of an organism is composed
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Jennyfer Pena Student Application Assignment Anabolic steroids are very commonly used in today’s society. Anabolic steroids are a group of synthetic hormones that further the progress of the storage of protein and the growth of tissue. It is most commonly used by athletes to increase muscle size and strength. Anabolic steroids will not lead to offspring with increased muscle size and strength. This synthetic hormone does not connect to your DNA‚ and therefore it is not inheritable. It
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Melanogaster on Evolution Abstract This experiment was conducted to study the relative fitness of two phenotypes of the Drosophila melanogaster and how fitness can affect evolution in the population. The phenotypes were placed in two different environments‚ one in which contained a predator and another with no predator. Results of the experiment would show how the fitness of each phenotype is affected by providing a mechanism‚ and if evolution was occurring in the population. Two hypotheses were
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