1. Tutorial #1 by Ma’ayan Fishelson Changes made by Anna Tzemach Basic Concepts in Genetics
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8. One Locus Inheritance heterozygote homozygote 2 1 A | A a | a A | a 3 4 a | a A | a 5 6 a | a Male Female
9. Mendel’s 1 st Law Two members of a gene pair segregate from each other into the gametes, so half the gametes carry one member of the pair and the other half carry the other member of the pair. Y / y y / y ½ y/y ½ Y/y ½ y ½ Y all y Gamete production Gamete production
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11. X-linked Inheritance Different results obtained from reciprocal crosses between red-eyed and white-eyed Drosophila. Explanation : The gene responsible for eye-color is X-linked . Females have 2 X-chromosomes, while males have 1 X-chromosome and 1 Y-chromosome.
References : Kenneth Lange “Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis” Jurg Ott “Analysis of Human Genetic Linkage” http://www.accessexcellence.com/AB/GG/ http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIR/VIP/Glossary/index.html http://www.tokyo-med.ac.jp/genet/index-e.htm