Chapter 13&14

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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
Chapter 13
Meiosis and Sexual
Life Cycles

• Overview: Hereditary Similarity and Variation
• Living organisms
– Are distinguished by their ability to reproduce
their own kind

• Heredity
– Is the transmission of traits from one generation to
the next
• Variation
– Shows that offspring differ somewhat in
appearance from parents and siblings
Figure 13.1

• Genetics
– Is the scientific study of heredity and hereditary
variation

• Concept 13.1: Offspring acquire genes from
parents by inheriting chromosomes

Inheritance of Genes
• Genes
– Are the units of heredity
– Are segments of DNA

• Each gene in an organism’s DNA
– Has a specific locus on a certain chromosome
• We inherit
– One set of chromosomes from our mother and
one set from our father

Comparison of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
• In asexual reproduction
– One parent produces genetically identical
offspring by mitosis
Figure 13.2
Parent
Bud
0.5 mm

• In sexual reproduction
– Two parents give rise to offspring that have
unique combinations of genes inherited from
the two parents

• Concept 13.2: Fertilization and meiosis
alternate in sexual life cycles
• A life cycle
– Is the generation-to-generation sequence of
stages in the reproductive history of an
organism

Sets of Chromosomes in Human Cells
• In humans
– Each somatic cell has 46 chromosomes, made
up of two sets
– One set of chromosomes comes from each
parent

5 µm
Pair of homologous
chromosomes
Centromere
Sister
chromatids
Figure 13.3
• A karyotype
– Is an ordered, visual representation of the
chromosomes in a cell

• Homologous chromosomes
– Are the two chromosomes composing a pair
– Have the same characteristics
– May also be called autosomes

• Sex chromosomes
– Are distinct from each other in their
characteristics
– Are represented as X and Y
– Determine the sex of the individual, XX being
female, XY being male

• A diploid cell
– Has two sets of each of its chromosomes
– In a human has 46 chromosomes (2n = 46)

• In a cell in which DNA synthesis has occurred
– All the chromosomes are duplicated and thus
each consists of two identical sister chromatids
Figure 13.4
Key
Maternal set of
chromosomes (n = 3)
Paternal set of
chromosomes (n = 3)
2n = 6
Two sister chromatids
of one replicated
chromosome
Two nonsister
chromatids in
a homologous pair
Pair of homologous
chromosomes
(one from each set)
Centromere

• Unlike somatic cells
– Gametes, sperm and egg cells are haploid
cells, containing only one set of chromosomes

Behavior of Chromosome Sets in the Human Life Cycle
• At sexual maturity
– The ovaries and testes produce haploid
gametes by meiosis

• During fertilization
– These gametes, sperm and ovum, fuse,
forming a diploid zygote
• The zygote
– Develops into an adult organism

Figure 13.5
Key
Haploid (n)
Diploid (2n)
Haploid gametes (n = 23)
Ovum (n)
Sperm
Cell (n)
MEIOSIS FERTILIZATION
Ovary Testis Diploid
zygote
(2n = 46)
Mitosis and
development
Multicellular diploid
adults (2n = 46)
• The human life cycle

The Variety of Sexual Life Cycles
• The three main types of sexual life cycles
– Differ in the timing of meiosis and fertilization

• In animals
– Meiosis occurs during gamete formation
– Gametes are the only haploid cells
Gametes
Figure 13.6 A
Diploid
multicellular
organism
Key
n
n
n
2n2n
Zygote
Haploid
Diploid
Mitosis
(a) Animals

n
n
n
n
n
2n
2n
Haploid multicellular
organism (gametophyte)
Mitosis Mitosis
Spores
Gametes
Mitosis
Zygote
Diploid
multicellular
organism
(sporophyte)
(b) Plants and some algaeFigure 13.6 B
• Plants and some algae
– Exhibit an alternation of generations
– The life cycle includes both diploid and haploid
multicellular stages

n
n
n
n
n
2n
Haploid multicellular
organism
Mitosis Mitosis
Gametes
Zygote
(c) Most fungi and some protistsFigure 13.6 C
• In most fungi and some protists
– Meiosis produces haploid cells that give rise to
a haploid multicellular adult organism
– The haploid adult carries out mitosis,
producing cells that will become gametes

• Concept 13.3: Meiosis reduces the number of
chromosome sets from diploid to haploid
• Meiosis
– Takes place in two sets of divisions, meiosis I
and meiosis II

The Stages of Meiosis
• An overview of meiosis
Figure 13.7
Interphase
Homologous pair
of chromosomes
in diploid parent cell
Chromosomes
replicate
Homologous pair of replicated chromosomes
Sister
chromatids Diploid cell with
replicated
chromosomes
1
2
Homologous
chromosomes
separate
Haploid cells with
replicated chromosomes
Sister chromatids
separate
Haploid cells with unreplicated chromosomes
Meiosis I
Meiosis II

• Meiosis I
– Reduces the number of chromosomes from
diploid to haploid
• Meiosis II
– Produces four haploid daughter cells

Centrosomes
(with centriole pairs)
Sister
chromatids
Chiasmata
Spindle
Tetrad
Nuclear
envelope
Chromatin
Centromere
(with kinetochore)
Microtubule
attached to
kinetochore
Tertads line up
Metaphase
plate
Homologous
chromosomes
separate
Sister chromatids
remain attached
Pairs of homologous
chromosomes split up
Chromosomes duplicate
Homologous chromosomes
(red and blue) pair and exchange
segments; 2n = 6 in this example
INTERPHASE MEIOSIS I: Separates homologous chromosomes
PROPHASE I METAPHASE I ANAPHASE I
• Interphase and meiosis I
Figure 13.8

TELOPHASE I AND
CYTOKINESIS
PROPHASE II METAPHASE II ANAPHASE II TELOPHASE II AND
CYTOKINESIS
MEIOSIS II: Separates sister chromatids
Cleavage
furrow Sister chromatids
separate
Haploid daughter cells
forming
During another round of cell division, the sister chromatids finally separate;
four haploid daughter cells result, containing single chromosomes
Two haploid cells
form; chromosomes
are still doubleFigure 13.8
• Telophase I, cytokinesis, and meiosis II

A Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis
• Meiosis and mitosis can be distinguished from
mitosis
– By three events in Meiosis l

• Synapsis and crossing over
– Homologous chromosomes physically connect
and exchange genetic information

• Tetrads on the metaphase plate
– At metaphase I of meiosis, paired homologous
chromosomes (tetrads) are positioned on the
metaphase plates

• Separation of homologues
– At anaphase I of meiosis, homologous pairs
move toward opposite poles of the cell
– In anaphase II of meiosis, the sister
chromatids separate

Figure 13.9
MITOSIS MEIOSIS
Prophase
Duplicated chromosome
(two sister chromatids)
Chromosome
replication
Chromosome
replication
Parent cell
(before chromosome replication)
Chiasma (site of
crossing over)
MEIOSIS I
Prophase I
Tetrad formed by
synapsis of homologous
chromosomes
Metaphase
Chromosomes
positioned at the
metaphase plate
Tetrads
positioned at the
metaphase plate
Metaphase I
Anaphase I
Telophase I
Haploid
n = 3
MEIOSIS II
Daughter
cells of
meiosis I
Homologues
separate
during
anaphase I;
sister
chromatids
remain together
Daughter cells of meiosis II
n n n n
Sister chromatids separate during anaphase II
Anaphase
Telophase
Sister chromatids
separate during
anaphase
2n 2n
Daughter cells
of mitosis
2n = 6
• A comparison of mitosis and meiosis

• Concept 13.4: Genetic variation produced in
sexual life cycles contributes to evolution
• Reshuffling of genetic material in meiosis
– Produces genetic variation

Origins of Genetic Variation Among Offspring
• In species that produce sexually
– The behavior of chromosomes during meiosis
and fertilization is responsible for most of the
variation that arises each generation

Independent Assortment of Chromosomes
• Homologous pairs of chromosomes
– Orient randomly at metaphase I of meiosis

• In independent assortment
– Each pair of chromosomes sorts its maternal and paternal
homologues into daughter cells independently of the other pairs
Figure 13.10
Key
Maternal set of
chromosomes
Paternal set of
chromosomes
Possibility 1
Two equally probable
arrangements of
chromosomes at
metaphase I
Possibility 2
Metaphase II
Daughter
cells
Combination 1 Combination 2 Combination 3 Combination 4

Crossing Over
• Crossing over
– Produces recombinant chromosomes that carry genes derived
from two different parents
Figure 13.11
Prophase I
of meiosis
Nonsister
chromatids
Tetrad
Chiasma,
site of
crossing
over
Metaphase I
Metaphase II
Daughter
cells
Recombinant
chromosomes

Random Fertilization
• The fusion of gametes
– Will produce a zygote with any of about 64
trillion diploid combinations

Evolutionary Significance of Genetic Variation
Within Populations
• Genetic variation
– Is the raw material for evolution by natural
selection

• Mutations
– Are the original source of genetic variation
• Sexual reproduction
– Produces new combinations of variant genes,
adding more genetic diversity

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Chapter 14
Mendel and the Gene Idea

• Overview: Drawing from the Deck of Genes
• What genetic principles account for the
transmission of traits from parents to offspring?

• One possible explanation of heredity is a
“blending” hypothesis
– The idea that genetic material contributed by
two parents mixes in a manner analogous to
the way blue and yellow paints blend to make
green

• An alternative to the blending model is the
“particulate” hypothesis of inheritance: the
gene idea
– Parents pass on discrete heritable units, genes

• Gregor Mendel
– Documented a particulate mechanism of
inheritance through his experiments with
garden peas
Figure 14.1

• Concept 14.1: Mendel used the scientific
approach to identify two laws of inheritance
• Mendel discovered the basic principles of
heredity
– By breeding garden peas in carefully planned
experiments

Mendel’s Experimental, Quantitative Approach
• Mendel chose to work with peas
– Because they are available in many varieties
– Because he could strictly control which plants
mated with which

• Crossing pea plants
Figure 14.2
1
5
4
3
2
Removed stamens
from purple flower
Transferred sperm-
bearing pollen from
stamens of white
flower to egg-
bearing carpel of
purple flower
Parental
generation
(P)
Pollinated carpel
matured into pod
Carpel
(female)
Stamens
(male)
Planted seeds
from pod
Examined
offspring:
all purple
flowers
First
generation
offspring
(F1)
APPLICATION By crossing (mating) two true-breeding
varieties of an organism, scientists can study patterns of
inheritance. In this example, Mendel crossed pea plants
that varied in flower color.
TECHNIQUETECHNIQUE
When pollen from a white flower fertilizes
eggs of a purple flower, the first-generation hybrids all have purple
flowers. The result is the same for the reciprocal cross, the transfer
of pollen from purple flowers to white flowers.
TECHNIQUERESULTS

• Some genetic vocabulary
– Character: a heritable feature, such as flower
color
– Trait: a variant of a character, such as purple
or white flowers

• Mendel chose to track
– Only those characters that varied in an “either-
or” manner
• Mendel also made sure that
– He started his experiments with varieties that
were “true-breeding”

• In a typical breeding experiment
– Mendel mated two contrasting, true-breeding
varieties, a process called hybridization
• The true-breeding parents
– Are called the P generation

• The hybrid offspring of the P generation
– Are called the F1 generation
• When F1 individuals self-pollinate
– The F2 generation is produced

The Law of Segregation
• When Mendel crossed contrasting, true-
breeding white and purple flowered pea plants
– All of the offspring were purple
• When Mendel crossed the F1 plants
– Many of the plants had purple flowers, but
some had white flowers

• Mendel discovered
– A ratio of about three to one, purple to white flowers,
in the F2 generation
Figure 14.3
P Generation
(true-breeding
parents) Purple
flowers
White
flowers

F1 Generation
(hybrids)
All plants had
purple flowers
F2 Generation
EXPERIMENT True-breeding purple-flowered pea plants and
white-flowered pea plants were crossed (symbolized by ). The
resulting F1 hybrids were allowed to self-pollinate or were cross-
pollinated with other F1 hybrids. Flower color was then observed
in the F2 generation.
RESULTS Both purple-flowered plants and white-
flowered plants appeared in the F2 generation. In Mendel’s
experiment, 705 plants had purple flowers, and 224 had white
flowers, a ratio of about 3 purple : 1 white.

• Mendel reasoned that
– In the F1 plants, only the purple flower factor
was affecting flower color in these hybrids
– Purple flower color was dominant, and white
flower color was recessive

• Mendel observed the same pattern
– In many other pea plant characters
Table 14.1

Mendel’s Model
• Mendel developed a hypothesis
– To explain the 3:1 inheritance pattern that he
observed among the F2 offspring
• Four related concepts make up this model

• First, alternative versions of genes
– Account for variations in inherited characters,
which are now called alleles
Figure 14.4
Allele for purple flowers
Locus for flower-color gene
Homologous
pair of
chromosomes
Allele for white flowers

• Second, for each character
– An organism inherits two alleles, one from
each parent
– A genetic locus is actually represented twice

• Third, if the two alleles at a locus differ
– Then one, the dominant allele, determines the
organism’s appearance
– The other allele, the recessive allele, has no
noticeable effect on the organism’s
appearance

• Fourth, the law of segregation
– The two alleles for a heritable character
separate (segregate) during gamete formation
and end up in different gametes

• Does Mendel’s segregation model account for
the 3:1 ratio he observed in the F2 generation of
his numerous crosses?
– We can answer this question using a Punnett
square

• Mendel’s law of segregation, probability and
the Punnett square
Figure 14.5
P Generation
F1 Generation
F2 Generation
P p
P p
P p
P
p
PpPP
ppPp
Appearance:
Genetic makeup:
Purple flowers
PP
White flowers
pp
Purple flowers
Pp
Appearance:
Genetic makeup:
Gametes:
Gametes:
F1 sperm
F1 eggs
1
/2
1
/2

Each true-breeding plant of the
parental generation has identical
alleles, PP or pp.
Gametes (circles) each contain only
one allele for the flower-color gene.
In this case, every gamete produced
by one parent has the same allele.
Union of the parental gametes
produces F1 hybrids having a Pp
combination. Because the purple-
flower allele is dominant, all
these hybrids have purple flowers.
When the hybrid plants produce
gametes, the two alleles segregate,
half the gametes receiving the P
allele and the other half the p allele.
3 : 1
Random combination of the gametes
results in the 3:1 ratio that Mendel
observed in the F2 generation.
This box, a Punnett square, shows
all possible combinations of alleles
in offspring that result from an
F1  F1 (Pp  Pp) cross. Each square
represents an equally probable product
of fertilization. For example, the bottom
left box shows the genetic combination
resulting from a p egg fertilized by
a P sperm.

Useful Genetic Vocabulary
• An organism that is homozygous for a
particular gene
– Has a pair of identical alleles for that gene
– Exhibits true-breeding
• An organism that is heterozygous for a
particular gene
– Has a pair of alleles that are different for that
gene

• An organism’s phenotype
– Is its physical appearance
• An organism’s genotype
– Is its genetic makeup

• Phenotype versus genotype
Figure 14.6
3
1 1
2
1
Phenotype
Purple
Purple
Purple
White
Genotype
PP
(homozygous)
Pp
(heterozygous)
Pp
(heterozygous)
pp
(homozygous)
Ratio 3:1 Ratio 1:2:1

The Testcross
• In pea plants with purple flowers
– The genotype is not immediately obvious

• A testcross
– Allows us to determine the genotype of an
organism with the dominant phenotype, but
unknown genotype
– Crosses an individual with the dominant
phenotype with an individual that is
homozygous recessive for a trait

• The testcross
Figure 14.7

Dominant phenotype,
unknown genotype:
PP or Pp?
Recessive phenotype,
known genotype:
pp
If PP,
then all offspring
purple:
If Pp,
then 1
⁄2 offspring purple
and 1
⁄2 offspring white:
p p
P
P
Pp Pp
PpPp
pp pp
PpPp
P
p
p p
APPLICATION An organism that exhibits a dominant trait,
such as purple flowers in pea plants, can be either homozygous for
the dominant allele or heterozygous. To determine the organism’s
genotype, geneticists can perform a testcross.
TECHNIQUE In a testcross, the individual with the
unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous individual
expressing the recessive trait (white flowers in this example).
By observing the phenotypes of the offspring resulting from this
cross, we can deduce the genotype of the purple-flowered
parent.
RESULTS

The Law of Independent Assortment
• Mendel derived the law of segregation
– By following a single trait
• The F1 offspring produced in this cross
– Were monohybrids, heterozygous for one
character

• Mendel identified his second law of inheritance
– By following two characters at the same time
• Crossing two, true-breeding parents differing in
two characters
– Produces dihybrids in the F1 generation,
heterozygous for both characters

• How are two characters transmitted from
parents to offspring?
– As a package?
– Independently?

YYRRP Generation
Gametes YR yr
yyrr
YyRr
Hypothesis of
dependent
assortment
Hypothesis of
independent
assortment
F2 Generation
(predicted
offspring)
1
⁄2 YR
YR
yr
1
⁄2
1
⁄2
1
⁄2 yr
YYRR YyRr
yyrrYyRr
3
⁄4
1
⁄4
Sperm
Eggs
Phenotypic ratio 3:1
YR1
⁄4
Yr1
⁄4
yR1
⁄4
yr1
⁄4
9
⁄16
3
⁄16
3
⁄16
1
⁄16
YYRR YYRr YyRR YyRr
YyrrYyRrYYrrYYrr
YyRR YyRr yyRR yyRr
yyrryyRrYyrrYyRr
Phenotypic ratio 9:3:3:1
315 108 101 32 Phenotypic ratio approximately 9:3:3:1
F1 Generation
Eggs
YR Yr yR yr1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
Sperm
RESULTS
CONCLUSION The results support the hypothesis of
independent assortment. The alleles for seed color and seed
shape sort into gametes independently of each other.
EXPERIMENT Two true-breeding pea plants—
one with yellow-round seeds and the other with
green-wrinkled seeds—were crossed, producing
dihybrid F1 plants. Self-pollination of the F1 dihybrids,
which are heterozygous for both characters,
produced the F2 generation. The two hypotheses
predict different phenotypic ratios. Note that yellow
color (Y) and round shape (R) are dominant.
• A dihybrid cross
– Illustrates the inheritance of two characters
• Produces four phenotypes in the F2 generation
Figure 14.8

• Using the information from a dihybrid cross,
Mendel developed the law of independent
assortment
– Each pair of alleles segregates independently
during gamete formation

• Concept 14.2: The laws of probability govern
Mendelian inheritance
• Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent
assortment
– Reflect the rules of probability

The Multiplication and Addition Rules Applied to
Monohybrid Crosses
• The multiplication rule
– States that the probability that two or more
independent events will occur together is the
product of their individual probabilities

• Probability in a monohybrid cross
– Can be determined using this rule

Rr
Segregation of
alleles into eggs
Rr
Segregation of
alleles into sperm
R r
r
R
R
R
R1
⁄2
1
⁄2
1
⁄2
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄2 r
r
R r
r
Sperm

Eggs
Figure 14.9

• The rule of addition
– States that the probability that any one of two
or more exclusive events will occur is
calculated by adding together their individual
probabilities

Solving Complex Genetics Problems with the Rules
of Probability
• We can apply the rules of probability
– To predict the outcome of crosses involving
multiple characters

• A dihybrid or other multicharacter cross
– Is equivalent to two or more independent
monohybrid crosses occurring simultaneously
• In calculating the chances for various
genotypes from such crosses
– Each character first is considered separately
and then the individual probabilities are
multiplied together

• Concept 14.3: Inheritance patterns are often
more complex than predicted by simple
Mendelian genetics
• The relationship between genotype and
phenotype is rarely simple

Extending Mendelian Genetics for a Single Gene
• The inheritance of characters by a single gene
– May deviate from simple Mendelian patterns

The Spectrum of Dominance
• Complete dominance
– Occurs when the phenotypes of the
heterozygote and dominant homozygote are
identical

• In codominance
– Two dominant alleles affect the phenotype in
separate, distinguishable ways
• The human blood group MN
– Is an example of codominance

• In incomplete dominance
– The phenotype of F1 hybrids is somewhere between
the phenotypes of the two parental varieties
Figure 14.10
P Generation
F1 Generation
F2 Generation
Red
CR
CR
Gametes CR
CW

White
CW
CW
Pink
CR
CW
Sperm
CR
CR
CR
Cw
CR
CRGametes
1
⁄2 1
⁄2
1
⁄2
1
⁄2
1
⁄2
Eggs
1
⁄2
CR
CR
CR
CW
CW
CW
CR
CW

• The Relation Between Dominance and
Phenotype
• Dominant and recessive alleles
– Do not really “interact”
– Lead to synthesis of different proteins that
produce a phenotype

• Frequency of Dominant Alleles
• Dominant alleles
– Are not necessarily more common in
populations than recessive alleles

Multiple Alleles
• Most genes exist in populations
– In more than two allelic forms

• The ABO blood group in humans
– Is determined by multiple alleles
Table 14.2

Pleiotropy
• In pleiotropy
– A gene has multiple phenotypic effects

Extending Mendelian Genetics for Two or More Genes
• Some traits
– May be determined by two or more genes

Epistasis
• In epistasis
– A gene at one locus alters the phenotypic
expression of a gene at a second locus

• An example of epistasis
Figure 14.11
BC bC Bc bc1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
BC
bC
Bc
bc
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
1
⁄4
BBCc BbCc BBcc Bbcc
Bbcc bbccbbCcBbCc
BbCC bbCC BbCc bbCc
BBCC BbCC BBCc BbCc
9
⁄16
3
⁄16
4
⁄16
BbCc BbCc
Sperm
Eggs

Polygenic Inheritance
• Many human characters
– Vary in the population along a continuum and
are called quantitative characters


AaBbCc AaBbCc
aabbcc Aabbcc AaBbcc AaBbCc AABbCcAABBCcAABBCC
20
⁄64
15
⁄64
6
⁄64
1
⁄64
Fractionofprogeny
• Quantitative variation usually indicates
polygenic inheritance
– An additive effect of two or more genes on a
single phenotype
Figure 14.12

Nature and Nurture: The Environmental Impact
on Phenotype
• Another departure from simple Mendelian
genetics arises
– When the phenotype for a character depends
on environment as well as on genotype

• The norm of reaction
– Is the phenotypic range of a particular
genotype that is influenced by the environment
Figure 14.13

• Multifactorial characters
– Are those that are influenced by both genetic
and environmental factors

Integrating a Mendelian View of Heredity and Variation
• An organism’s phenotype
– Includes its physical appearance, internal
anatomy, physiology, and behavior
– Reflects its overall genotype and unique
environmental history

• Even in more complex inheritance patterns
– Mendel’s fundamental laws of segregation and
independent assortment still apply

• Concept 14.4: Many human traits follow
Mendelian patterns of inheritance
• Humans are not convenient subjects for
genetic research
– However, the study of human genetics
continues to advance

Pedigree Analysis
• A pedigree
– Is a family tree that describes the
interrelationships of parents and children
across generations

• Inheritance patterns of particular traits
– Can be traced and described using pedigrees
Figure 14.14 A, B
Ww ww ww Ww
wwWwWwwwwwWw
WW
or
Ww
ww
First generation
(grandparents)
Second generation
(parents plus aunts
and uncles)
Third
generation
(two sisters)
Ff Ff ff Ff
ffFfFfffFfFF or Ff
ff FF
or
Ff
Widow’s peak No Widow’s peak Attached earlobe Free earlobe
(a) Dominant trait (widow’s peak) (b) Recessive trait (attached earlobe)

• Pedigrees
– Can also be used to make predictions about
future offspring

Recessively Inherited Disorders
• Many genetic disorders
– Are inherited in a recessive manner

• Recessively inherited disorders
– Show up only in individuals homozygous for
the allele
• Carriers
– Are heterozygous individuals who carry the
recessive allele but are phenotypically normal

Cystic Fibrosis
• Symptoms of cystic fibrosis include
– Mucus buildup in the some internal organs
– Abnormal absorption of nutrients in the small
intestine

Sickle-Cell Disease
• Sickle-cell disease
– Affects one out of 400 African-Americans
– Is caused by the substitution of a single amino
acid in the hemoglobin protein in red blood
cells
• Symptoms include
– Physical weakness, pain, organ damage, and
even paralysis

Mating of Close Relatives
• Matings between relatives
– Can increase the probability of the appearance
of a genetic disease
– Are called consanguineous matings

Dominantly Inherited Disorders
• Some human disorders
– Are due to dominant alleles

• One example is achondroplasia
– A form of dwarfism that is lethal when
homozygous for the dominant allele
Figure 14.15

• Huntington’s disease
– Is a degenerative disease of the nervous
system
– Has no obvious phenotypic effects until about
35 to 40 years of age
Figure 14.16

Multifactorial Disorders
• Many human diseases
– Have both genetic and environment
components
• Examples include
– Heart disease and cancer

Genetic Testing and Counseling
• Genetic counselors
– Can provide information to prospective parents
concerned about a family history for a specific
disease

Counseling Based on Mendelian Genetics and
Probability Rules
• Using family histories
– Genetic counselors help couples determine the
odds that their children will have genetic
disorders

Tests for Identifying Carriers
• For a growing number of diseases
– Tests are available that identify carriers and
help define the odds more accurately

Fetal Testing
• In amniocentesis
– The liquid that bathes the fetus is removed and
tested
• In chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
– A sample of the placenta is removed and
tested

• Fetal testing
Figure 14.17 A, B
(a) Amniocentesis
Amniotic
fluid
withdrawn
Fetus
Placenta Uterus Cervix
Centrifugation
A sample of
amniotic fluid can
be taken starting at
the 14th to 16th
week of pregnancy.
(b) Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
Fluid
Fetal
cells
Biochemical tests can be
Performed immediately on
the amniotic fluid or later
on the cultured cells.
Fetal cells must be cultured
for several weeks to obtain
sufficient numbers for
karyotyping.
Several
weeks
Biochemical
tests
Several
hours
Fetal
cells
Placenta Chorionic viIIi
A sample of chorionic villus
tissue can be taken as early
as the 8th to 10th week of
pregnancy.
Suction tube
Inserted through
cervix
Fetus
Karyotyping and biochemical
tests can be performed on
the fetal cells immediately,
providing results within a day
or so.
Karyotyping

Newborn Screening
• Some genetic disorders can be detected at
birth
– By simple tests that are now routinely
performed in most hospitals in the United
States

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