5. GENETICS
• Genetics is a branch of biology
that studies hereditary
information.
• Heredity refers to the passing
of characteristics from the
parents to offspring.
6. GENETICS
• The study of genetics also
examines and explains
similarities and differences
between or among organisms.
• Inherited characteristics are
the causes of similarities.
7. GENETICS
• Each individual does
posses unique traits that
differentiate him/her from
others called variation.
9. DIVISIONS OF GENETICS
• Genetics can be divided
into three divisions:
• Mendelian Genetics
• Molecular Genetics
• Population Genetics
• Non-Mendelian Genetics
10. DIVISIONS OF GENETICS
• Mendelian Genetics
reviews the basic laws of
inheritance that were
described by Gregor
Mendel.
11. DIVISIONS OF GENETICS
• Molecular Genetics deals
with the chemical nature of
the gene, the mechanisms
of transmission, and its
varied transmission.
12. DIVISIONS OF GENETICS
• Population Genetics
focuses on the behavior of
a particular gene in group
of organisms and how gene
frequency is affected by
environmental factors.
14. GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL
• Gregor Johann Mendel is an
Austrian Priest who began the
scientific study of heredity with
his experiment on Pisium
sativum (garden peas).
15. GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL
• Mendel was the first scientist to
give a satisfactory explanation of
the mechanisms of heredity and
still the basis of the study of
genetics.
16. THE START OF MENDELIAN GENETICS
• Mendel bred different
varieties of garden peas and
cross-pollinated flowers that
had clearly different forms of
traits.
• Such contrasting expressions
or alternative forms of a trait
are called alleles.
18. GENOTYPE AND PHENOTYPE
• A genotype is the gene that
is responsible for the
observed trait.
• The observable expression
expressions of the trait is
called the phenotype.
19. ALLELE
• An allele is an alternative form
of a gene (one member of a
pair) that is located at a specific
position on a specific
chromosome.
• These DNA codings determine
distinct traits that can be passed
on from parents to offspring
through sexual reproduction.
21. WHAT IS NON-MENDELIAN INHERITANCE?
• Non-Mendelian inheritance is a
general term that refers to any
pattern of inheritance in which
traits do not segregate in
accordance with Mendel’s laws.
• These laws describe the
inheritance of traits linked to
single genes on chromosomes in
the nucleus.
24. INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
• Incomplete dominance is a form
of intermediate inheritance in
which one allele for a specific
trait is not completely dominant
over the other allele.
• This results in a third phenotype
in which the expressed physical
trait is a combination of the
dominant and the recessive.
30. CODOMINANCE
• Codominance happens when
two dominant alleles of a
contrasting pair fully
expressed at the same time in
the heterozygous individual.
• This results when one allele is
not dominant over the other.
34. MULTIPLE ALLELES
• Multiple Alleles are present
that create a unique mode of
inheritance.
• Three or more alleles of the
same gene are found.
• can be studied only in
populations
35. MULTIPLE ALLELES
• Example: ABO Blood
Group
• In humans, there are four
blood types (phenotypes): A,
B, AB, O
• Blood type is controlled by
three alleles A, B, O
• O is recessive, two O alleles
must be present to a person to
have type O blood.
43. SEX-LINKED GENES
• Males (XY) have only one X
chromosome thus, if they
inherit the affected X, they
will have the disorder.
• Females (XX) have two X
chromosomes therefore, they
can inherit /carry the trait
without being affected if it
acts in a recessive manner.
44. SEX-LINKED GENES
• Aneuploidy where there is an
excess or lack of X or Y
chromosome and genital
development during
conception, and the social
interactions after birth may
contribute to a certain degree
to the expression of human
sexuality.
48. SEX-INFLUENCED TRAITS
• A sex-influenced trait is a trait controlled by a pair
of alleles found on the autosomal chromosomes
(pairs 1 through 22) but its phenotypic expression is
influenced by the presence of certain hormones.
• Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone, etc.
• It can be seen in BOTH sexes, but will vary in
frequency between the sexes, or in the degree of the
phenotypic expression.
50. SEX-LIMITED TRAITS
• Sex-limited traits are
those that are
expressed exclusively
in one sex.
Genotype Phenotype
Females Males
HH Hen-feathered Hen-feathered
Hh Hen-feathered Hen-feathered
hh Hen-feathered Rooster-feathered
Editor's Notes
In incomplete dominance, a heterozygote shows a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous phenotypes. Neither allele is dominant over the other.
