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Chapter 14. - The Human Genome. 14-1 Human Heredity. The children in this family have some traits that are similar to their mother’s and some that are similar to their father’s. Can you predict chin shape? Procedure
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Chapter 14 - The Human Genome
14-1 Human Heredity • The children in this family have some traits that are similar to their mother’s and some that are similar to their father’s.
Can you predict chin shape? • Procedure • Two parents with cleft chins, both heterozygous for cleft chin (Cc), have three children with cleft chins. The parents are sure that their fourth child will not have a cleft chin. Draw a Punnett square to see if this is possible. • Determine the probability that the fourth child will have a cleft chin. _________
Human Heredity • Human Chromosomes • Make us who we are. • This is the genetic information (DNA) which is inside the human cell.
To look at these chromosomes, biologists, photograph cells in mitosis. • Mitosis is when the cell nucleus divides and the chromosomes are easier to see. • Biologists then take these photographs and group them together in pairs. • This picture of chromosomes arranged in this way is called a karyotype
The human body contains 46 chromosomes • 23 (sperm) • 23 (egg) • Together this forms a diploidzygote • 46 total chromosomes
Sex Chromosomes and Autosomes • Sex chromosomes • Only 2 of the 46 • Determine if someone is male or female • Female: XX • Male: XY • Autosomes • Remaining 44 chromosomes
Human Traits • Human traits are inherited • Gregor Mendel • Pedigree chart • A pedigree shows a relationship within a family • A pedigree chart follows one specific trait in a family
Polygenic • Some traits are actually polygenic • Controlled by two or more genes • Shape of your eyes • Shape of your ears • Eye color
Other Trait Influences • Environment • Nutrition • Exercise • Your parents might both be 6 feet tall, but if they don’t feed you, you are unlikely to grow to be 6 feet tall.
Human Genes • Our complete set of genetic information is our genome • 30,000 genes • Blood Group Genes: • Knowing a person’s blood group is critical because using a wrong blood type could be life threatening • Rh • ABO • Are two genes that are part of your blood type
Rh • Rhesus Monkey” • 2 alleles that determine blood type • Rh+ is dominant & Rh- is recessive • A person with 2 positive alleles is Rh+ • A person with a positive and a negative allele is RH+ • A person with 2 negative alleles is Rh-
ABO • There are 3 alleles that determine blood type • IA,IB and i • Two of these alleles are codominant and one is recessive. • Blood type is dependant upon what the antigens are on the surface of the red blood cells • Type A blood: lAlA, or IAi • Type B blood: IBIBor IBi • Type AB blood: IAIB • Type O blood: ii
Based on what you know of blood types; which one of Mr. & Mrs. Lopez’s four kids must have been adopted? _____________
Recessive Alleles • Studying genetic disorders have helped us understand how human genes work • Many of these disorders are caused by recessive alleles
Phenylketonuria (PKU) • People with this disorder lack the enzyme needed to break down Phenylalanine • Causes: • A build-up of phenylalanine in tissues • Mental retardation • Can be controlled by a special diet • All babies in US are tested for this at birth
Tay-Sachs Disease • Nervous system breakdown • Infant death
Albinism • Lack of pigment in skin, hair, and eyes
Cystic FibrosisGalactosemia • Inability to digest the sugar galactose. • Causes mental retardation, eye and liver damage • Excess mucus in lungs, digestive tract, and liver • Susceptibility to infections • Death in early adulthood if not treated
Dominant Alleles • Not all genetic disorders are caused by recessive alleles • If you have a dominant allele for a genetic disorder, it will be expressed even if you also have a normal recessive allele • Achondroplasia • Huntington’s disease • Hypercholesterolemia
Achondroplasia • Dwarfism
Huntington’s Disease • Mental deterioration and uncontrollable movements Hypercholesterolemia • Excess cholesterol in blood • Heart disease
Gene Expression • In certain diseases, a small change in the DNA of a single gene affects the structure of a protein, causing a serious genetic disorder • Cystic fibrosis • Sickle cell anemia
Sickle Cell Anemia • Abnormal hemoglobin produced because of a single amino acid change in the hemoglobin protein • Causes the RBC’s to deform which causes clogging in the capillaries
14-2 Human Chromosomes Sex-Linked Genes • Because the X and Y chromosomes determine sex, genes located here are said to be sex-linked genes • More than 100 sex-linked genetic disorders have been mapped to the X chromosome • Males have just one X chromosome. Thus, all X-linked alleles are expressed in males, even if they are recessive
Sex-Linked Genes • Genes that are found on the X or Y chromosome. • More genes are found on the X chromosome than the Y
Colorblindness • Three genes associated with color vision are found on the X chromosome • Males are more often colorblind because they only have one X chromosome
Colorblindness • All X-linked alleles are expressed in males even if they are recessive
Examples of X-linked Recessive Disorders • Hemophilia: blood-clotting disorder • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy • Ichtyosis: scaly skin • Norrie Disease: abnormal growth of retina • Rett Syndrome: mental retardation
X-Chromosome Inactivation • Females have 2 X chromosomes and males only one. What to do? • In all female cells, one X chromosome is randomly shut off. • This causes some interesting problems if one X chromosome has a mutated gene
Chromosomal Disorders • Get too many or too few copies of a chromosome • Caused by non-disjunction during meiosis • Exs. Down’s Syndrome: Trisomy 21 Turner’s Syndrome: X_ Klinefelter’s Syndrome : XXY
14-3 Human Molecular Genetics Human DNA Analysis • Genetic tests are now available for hundreds of disorders. • This can allow prospective parents to determine if they are carrying recessive alleles for a disorder.
DNA Fingerprinting • DNA is analyzed of by separating it into fragments • This reveals a series of DNA bands of various sizes • A pattern of bands is produced that can be distinguished from any other individual in the world (except for an identical twin). • DNA samples can be obtained from blood, sperm, and hair strands that have tissue at their base.