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Chapter 11

Chapter 11. Chromosome Mutations. 28 February, 2005. Variation in chromosome number and structure. Overview. Multiples of complete sets of chromosomes are called polyploidy. Even numbers are usually fertile. Odd numbers are usually sterile.

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Chapter 11

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  1. Chapter 11 Chromosome Mutations 28 February, 2005 Variation in chromosome number and structure

  2. Overview • Multiples of complete sets of chromosomes are called polyploidy. • Even numbers are usually fertile. • Odd numbers are usually sterile. • Aneuploidy refers to the gain or loss of single chromosomes, usually in meiosis. • Chromosome aberrations include translocations, inversion, deletion, duplication. • Each has characteristic meiotic pairing. • Crossing-over may result in abnormal gametes, reduced fertility and unmasking of deleterious recessive alleles. • Duplication can also provide material for evolutionary divergence.

  3. Chromosome mutations • Two major types • change in number of copies of chromosomes • alteration of chromosome structure • Reveal features of meiosis • Provide insight into gene function • Useful tools for experimental analysis • Provide insight into evolution

  4. Aberrant euploidy • Changes in whole chromosome sets • Euploidy: multiples of basic chromosome set • haploid • diploid • Aberrant euploid: more or less than normal number • monoploid (1n) • triploid (3n) • tetraploid (4n) • pentaploid (5n) • hexaploid (6n) polyploidy

  5. Monoploidy • Male bees, wasps, ants • parthenogenetic development of unfertilized egg • single set of chromosomes • produce gametes by mitosis • Usually lethal in other systems • unmasks recessive lethals • if individual survives to adulthood, no meiosis, sterility

  6. Polyploidy (1) • Very common in plants • associated with origin of new species • may positively correlate to size of individual • Autopolyploids • originate within a species • autotriploid (2n + n) • sterile due to formation of aneuploid gametes • autotetraploid (doubling of 2n) • spontaneous doubling • induced by drug such as cholchicine

  7. Polyploidy (2) • Allopolyploidy • hybrid of two or more closely related species • partially homologous chromosomes (homeologous) • amphidiploid: doubled diploid • Triticum aestivum (2n = 42) • multiple episodes of allopolyploidy • Agricultural applications • plant monoploids grown from 1n cells in anther • bananas (3n = 33) • Triticale: amphidiploid of wheat and rye

  8. Aneuploidy • Chromosome complement differs from normal by part of chromosome set • e.g., 2n± 1 • tolerated in plants • usually lethal in animals • For autosomes: • monosomy: 2n – 1 • trisomy: 2n + 1 • nullisomy: 2n – 2 • disomy: n + 1 (in haploids) For sex chromosomes, notation lists copies of each chromosome. Examples: XXY, XXX, XO

  9. Monosomy • 2n – 1 • Usually deleterious owing to unmasking of recessive lethals in animals • lethal in utero in humans • XO: Turner syndrome in humans • survives but has some • developmental abnormalities • Used to map genes in plants

  10. Trisomy • 2n + 1 • Often lethal in animals owing to chromosome imbalance • If viable, may be fertile (meiotic trivalent) • XXY: Klinefelter syndrome • male • sterile • XYY: fertile, no extra Y in gametes • XXX: fertile, no extra X in gametes • Trisomy 21: Down syndrome

  11. Gene balance • Balanced set of genes in haploid, diploid and polyploid individuals • In aneuploids, gene dosage of affected chromosome is altered. • 50% less product in monosomics • 50% more product in trisomics • results in imbalance in biochemical and physiological pathways • Compensated for with respect to sex chromosomes

  12. Changes in chromosome structure • Also called chromosome rearrangements • deletion: loss of segment • duplication: gain of segment • inversion: reversal of region • translocation: movement of segment to another chromosome • Origin in double-stranded breaks where product has centromere and two telomeres • acentric fragments lost at anaphase • dicentric fragments dragged to both poles, lost

  13. Balanced rearrangement: inversion • Change in gene order, but gain or loss of DNA • Inversion loop formed at meiosis I • Paracentric: centromere outside inversion • crossing-over in inversion heterozygote results in one dicentric chromatid and one acentric fragment • reduced number of viable gametes • Pericentric: inversion spans centromere • crossing over in inversion results in gene imbalance • reduced number of viable gametes

  14. Balanced rearrangement: translocation • Change in gene order, but no gain or loss of DNA • Reciprocal translocations: exchange between two nonhomologous chromosomes • Cross-shaped configuration at meiosis I • Crossing-over results in gene imbalance, semisterility

  15. Applications of inversions and translocations • Gene mapping • assign gene to specific chromosome region • Synthesizing specific duplications and deletions • useful in mapping and study of gene regulation • Position-effect variegation • gene action can be affected by location near heterochromatin

  16. Evolutionary aspects • ~7.5% spontaneous human abortions have chromosomal abnormality (underestimate?) • Chromosomal changes occur in association with speciation • e.g., fusion of two chromosomes (translocation) to form single chromosome in human evolution • Chromosomal polymorphism: two or more forms of chromosome in population • inversion common • Chromosomal synteny: inheritance of blocks of genes through inversions and translocations

  17. Assignment: Concept map, Solved Problem 2, Basic Problems 1-7, 11-15, Challenging Problems 19, 20, 23

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