MENDELIAN GENETICS
L A W S OF INHERITANCE
BIO 170: FUNDAMENTALS OF GENETICS| JAZZLYN T. IMPERIAL, MSc
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TOPIC
OUTLINE
1 ALL ABOUT MENDEL
6 TRIHYBRID CROSS
2 MENDEL’S EXPERIMENTS
MONOHYBRID CROSS
4 MODERN GENETICS TERMINOLOGIES
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WHO IS MENDEL?
(1822-1884)
FATHEROFGENETICS
Gregor
THE FATHER OF GENETICS
1Austrian monk
scientist, Augustinian friar and abbot
2Studied the inheritance of traits in pea plants
cultivated and tested some 28,000 pea plants
3Developed the laws of inheritance
Law of Dominance Segregation and Independent Assortment
4Stated that physical traits are inherited as “particles”
Chromosomes and DNA
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gregor_Mendel_Monk.jpg
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PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
EASY TO GROW AND HYBRIDIZE
ARTIFICIALLY
SELF-FERTILIZING IN NATURE
EASY TO CROSS-BREED
EXPERIMENTALLY
SEVEN VISIBLE FEATURES
GARDEN PEA
Why Pisum sativum?
https://www.amazon.com/Sativum-Vegetable-Organic-Planting-Delicious/dp/B076T3TH2V
WHAT
DO THE
PEAS
LOOK
LIKE?
HOW MENDEL BEGAN
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Mendel produced
pure strains by
allowing the plants
to self-pollinate
for several
generations
Self Pollination vs
Cross Pollination
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http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-self-and-cross-pollination/
Seven Pairs of Contrasting
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Mendel’s Experimental Results
F
1 generation • first-generation offspring in a breeding
experiment. (1
st
filial generation)
• From breeding individuals from the P1
generation
Generation
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SOME TERMS
Parental P
Generation the parental generation in a
breeding experiment
F
2 generation
• second-generation offspring in a
breeding experiment.
(2nd filial generation)
•From breeding individuals from
the F1 generation
Following the Generations
Cross 2 Pure
Plants
TT x tt
Results in all
Hybrids
Tt
Cross 2 Hybrids
get
3 Tall & 1 Short
TT, Tt, tt
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PHENOTYPE
ALLELES
physical expression of a trait of
the individual
alternative forms of a single gene
that determines the phenotype
GENOTYPE
designates the genetic makeup
of an individual for the trait or
traits it describes, whether the
individual is haploid or diploid
HOMOZYGOUS
When both alleles are the same
(DD or dd)
HETEROZYGOUS
when the alleles are
different (Dd)
Modern
GENE-sectionsofDNAthatcodefora
specifictrait
-Geneinteraction
ALLELES–Differentformsofthesame
gene
•DominantAllele
•RecessiveAllele
Gene specifies the trait, alleles specify the gene that takes
GENOTYPE
•The gene pair
an individual
carries for a
particular
trait
symbolized
with a pair of
letters. (TT ,
Tt, tt)
PHENOTYPE
•The
observable
trait of an
individual
based on its
genotype.
(Tall , short)
Traits:
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Seedshape&Seedcolor
Alleles: Wround Gyellow
wwrinkled ggreen
WwGgxWwGg
Allpossiblegametecombinations
WGWgwGwg WG Wg wGwg
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WG Wg wG wg
WG
Wg
wG
wg
WWGG WWGg WwGG WwGg
WWGg WWgg WwGg Wwgg
WwGG WwGg wwGG wwGg
WwGg Wwgg wwGg wwgg
Round/Yellow:9
Round/green:3
wrinkled/Yellow:3
wrinkled/green:1
Phenotypicratio:
9:3:3:1
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Klug,W illiamS.,Cummings,MichaelR.ConceptsofGenetics.11
thEdition.
PearsonEducation,Li m i ted.2016.
COMPUTATIONOF
COMBINEDPROBABILITIES
G g
GGGGg
gGggg
W w
WWwWw
wWwww
PR:¾yellow:¼green
PR:¾round:¼wrinkled
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Klug,W illiamS.,Cummings,MichaelR.ConceptsofGenetics.11
thEdition.
PearsonEducation,Li m i ted.2016.
Exercise:
In rabbits, gray hair is dominant to white hair.
Also, black eyes are dominant to red. Identify the
phenotypic ratio and genotypic ratio of the
cross WWrrx wwRr.
½ WwRrgray hair, black eyes
½ Wwrrgray hair, red eyes
ANOTHERWAYOFGETTINGPHENOTYPICRATIO
W w
WWWWw
wWw ww
WwGgDdxWwGgDd Where:W–Roundw–wrinkled;G–Yellowg–green;D–Tallt-dwarf
PR:¾Round:¼wrinkled
G g
G GG Gg
g Gg gg
D d
D DDDd
d Dddd
PR:¾Tall:¼dwarf
PROBABILITYOFGETTING:
•Round,YellowandTall?
•Round,green anddwarf?
PR:¾Yellow:¼green
=3/64Round,greern&dwarf
¾X¼X¼
=27/64Round,Yellow&Tall
¾X¾X¾