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Monohybrid Cross

Monohybrid Cross. Higher Human Biology. Lesson Aims. To revise and consolidate understanding of monohybrid crosses To examine Rhesus and Rhesus- blood groups To learn about different conditions caused by genetic mutations

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Monohybrid Cross

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  1. Monohybrid Cross Higher Human Biology

  2. Lesson Aims • To revise and consolidate understanding of monohybrid crosses • To examine Rhesus and Rhesus- blood groups • To learn about different conditions caused by genetic mutations • To find out the difference between incomplete dominance and co-dominance

  3. History • Gregor Mendel - The Father of Genetics • 1. Monk who used science and maths to establish patterns in how traits were inherited2. Year 18573. He used the garden pea as his test subjects • Some Vocabulary • Character - a heritable feature (eg flower colour)Trait - a variant of each character (eg purple or white)Cross Pollination - one plant fertilizes a different plantSelf Pollination - a plant fertilizes itselfTrue-Breeding - plants that over several generations only produce plants like themselves

  4. Mendel’s Experiments - a Monohybrid Cross • cross involved plants that differed for a single character: tall x short, purple flower x white flower, round seed x wrinkled seed • P (Parental Generation) True breeding plantsF1 (First Filial) The offspring of the P generation --> they always displayed a single trait, the dominant oneF2 (Second Filial) The offspring of the F1 generation, self fertilized --> always had a 3:1 ratio

  5. Mendel’s Law of Segregation • The Law of Segregation: two alleles separate during gamete formation (a Tt parent can produce both T sperm, and t sperm) • A punnet square is a representation of this law, showing how gametes separate and then come together during fertilization

  6. Locus - spot on the chromosome where an allele (gene) is located.

  7. Monohybrid Inheritance in Humans • Tongue rolling is inherited as a simple Mendelian trait • R is the allele for roller • r is the allele for non-roller

  8. Genetics of Tongue Rolling

  9. Rhesus D Antigen • Antigen D is found on the surface of some people’s red blood cells • Rh+ (rhesus positive) posses this antigen • Rh- (rhesus negative) do not possess this antigen

  10. If a Rh- person is given Rh+ red blood cells during a transfusion the persons immune system responds by producing anti-D antibodies. This leaves the person sensitised. • If this person receives more Rh+ red blood cells they suffer from severe or fatal agglutination.

  11. Agglutination of Red Blood Cells

  12. Presence of Antigen D is genetically dominant (D) • Lack of antigen D is due to a recessive allele (d) P DD x dd or P dd x Dd (Rh-) (Rh+) (Rh-) (Rh+) F1 all Dd F1 Dd and dd (Rh+) (Rh+) (Rh-)

  13. Albinism - inability of the body to make melanin - inherited as simple Mendelian recessive trait • Cystic Fibrosis - disorder of the mucus secreting glands - simple Mendelian recessive trait • PKU – inborn error of metabolism – simple Mendelain recessive trait

  14. Huntingdon’s Chorea • Degeneration of the nervous system which leads to premature death • Determined by dominant allele • Allele not expressed in phenotype until about 38 years of age when sufferer will probably have had a family and passed on the allele

  15. Incomplete Dominance • Occurs when the recessive allele has some effect on the heterozygote. • An example of incomplete dominance is illustrated in the condition known as sickle cell anaemia. • The haemoglobin produced is an unusual type called haemoglobin S which is an inefficient carrier of oxygen

  16. HH x HH all offspring HH - survive • HH x HS offspring HH, HH, HH, HS - survive • HS x HS offspring HH, HS, HS, SS – 75% survive (SS dies)

  17. Co-dominance • Describes the situation where two alleles can be expressed in the heterozygote, neither suppressing the other. • This is seen in the MN blood grouping.

  18. MN Blood Group • M and N alleles are co-dominant (both alleles expressed in the phenotype of the heterozygote • MM blood group have M antigens on rbc • NN blood group have N antigens on rbc • MN blood group have both M and N antigens on rbc

  19. ABO Blood Group • Antigens coded by a gene that has three alleles A, B and O. • Allele A produces antigen A Allele B produces antigen B Allele O produces no antigens • Alleles A and B are co-dominant to one another and completely dominant over allele O

  20. The Facts You Need To Know • p6 • from “monohybrid inheritance depends on…” • to “if an individual has the genotype AO…”

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