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Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development: Mendel's Contributions and Meiosis

This article provides an overview of heredity, gene regulation, and development, focusing on Mendel's contributions and the process of meiosis. It discusses different types of organismal reproduction, including asexual and sexual reproduction, as well as specialized reproductive cells in monoecious and dioecious organisms. It also explores the costs and benefits of asexual and sexual reproduction and the role of meiosis in mixing genomes.

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Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development: Mendel's Contributions and Meiosis

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  1. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • - types of organismal reproduction – asexual reproduction (typically by mitosis)

  2. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • - types of organismal reproduction – sexual reproduction • - conjugation in bacteria and some protists – gene exchange.

  3. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • - types of organismal reproduction – sexual reproduction • - who produces these specialized reproductive cells? Hermaphrodism

  4. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • - types of organismal reproduction – sexual reproduction • - who produces these specialized reproductive cells? Monoecious plants Male and female flowers on the same individual plant

  5. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • - types of organismal reproduction – sexual reproduction • - who produces these specialized reproductive cells? Dioecious organisms: either male or female Sexes permanent Sex changes: Sequential hermaphrodism Progyny: female then male Protandry: male then female Photoby icmoore: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/icmoore/comment.html?entrynum=9&tstamp=&page=9

  6. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • B. Costs and Benefits of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

  7. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • B. Costs and Benefits of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction And because all environments on earth change, sex has been adaptive for all organisms. Even those that reproduce primarily by asexual means will reproduce sexually when the environment changes. This is an adaptive strategy – it produces lots of variation.

  8. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • Costs and Benefits of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction • Mixing Genomes • 1. HOW? • - problem: fusing body cells doubles genetic information over generations 2n 2n 4n 4n 8n

  9. Heredity, Gene Regulation, and Development • I. Mendel's Contributions • II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • Costs and Benefits of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction • Mixing Genomes • 1. HOW? • - problem: fusing body cells doubles genetic information over generations • - solution: produce specialized cells with ½ the genetic info = gametes 2n 2n 2n 1n 1n REDUCTION by meiosis

  10. II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • Costs and Benefits of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction • Mixing Genomes • Meiosis: The production of specialized cells with ½ the chromosomes as parent • 1. Overview REDUCTION DIVISION 1n 1n 1n 1n 1n 1n 2n

  11. II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • Costs and Benefits of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction • Mixing Genomes • Meiosis • 1. Overview • 2. Meiosis I (Reduction) There are four replicated chromosomes in the initial cell. Each chromosomes pairs with its homolog (that influences the same suite of traits), and pairs align on the metaphase plate. Pairs are separated in Anaphase I, and two cells, each with only two chromosomes, are produced. REDUCTION

  12. II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • Costs and Benefits of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction • Mixing Genomes • Meiosis • 1. Overview • 2. Meiosis I (Reduction) • 3. Transition • 4. Meiosis II (Division) Each cell with two chromosomes divides; sister chromatids are separated. There is no change in ploidy in this cycle; haploid cells divide to produce haploid cells. DIVISION

  13. 5. Modifications in anisogamous and oogamous species

  14. II. Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory • Overview • Costs and Benefits of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction • Mixing Genomes • Meiosis • Sexual Reproduction and Variation • 1. Meiosis and Mendelian Heredity: The chromosomal theory of inheritance

  15. Meiosis • Sexual Reproduction and Variation • 1. Meiosis and Mendelian Heredity: The chromosomal theory • Saw homologous chromosomes separating (segregating). If they carried genes, this would explain Mendel’s first law. A a Theodor Boveri Walter Sutton

  16. Meiosis • Sexual Reproduction and Variation • 1. Meiosis and Mendelian Heredity: The chromosomal theory • And if the way one pair of homologs separated had no effect on how others separated, then the movement of chromosomes would explain Mendel’s second law, also! • They proposed that chromosomes carry the heredity information. A A b B a a B b Theodor Boveri OR AB ab Ab aB Walter Sutton

  17. Meiosis • Sexual Reproduction and Variation • 1. Meiosis and Mendelian Heredity: The chromosomal theory • 2. Solving Darwin’s Dilemma • Independent Assortment produces an amazing amount of genetic variation. • Consider an organism, 2n = 4, with two pairs of homologs. They can make 4 different gametes (long Blue, Short Red) (Long Blue, Short Blue), (Long Red, Short Red), (Long Red, Short blue). Gametes carry thousands of genes, so homologous chromosomes will not be identical over their entire length, even though they may be homozygous at particular loci. • Well, the number of gametes can be calculated as 2n or

  18. Meiosis • Sexual Reproduction and Variation • 1. Meiosis and Mendelian Heredity: The chromosomal theory • 2. Solving Darwin’s Dilemma • Independent Assortment produces an amazing amount of genetic variation. • Consider an organism with 2n = 6 (AaBbCc) …. • There are 2n = 8 different gamete types. ABC abc Abc abC aBC Abc AbC aBc

  19. Meiosis • Sexual Reproduction and Variation • 1. Meiosis and Mendelian Heredity: The chromosomal theory • 2. Solving Darwin’s Dilemma • Independent Assortment produces an amazing amount of genetic variation. • Consider an organism with 2n = 6 (AaBbCc) …. • There are 2n = 8 different gamete types. • And humans, with 2n = 46?

  20. Meiosis • Sexual Reproduction and Variation • 1. Meiosis and Mendelian Heredity: The chromosomal theory • 2. Solving Darwin’s Dilemma • Independent Assortment produces an amazing amount of genetic variation. • Consider an organism with 2n = 6 (AaBbCc) …. • There are 2n = 8 different gamete types. • And humans, with 2n = 46? • 223 = ~ 8 million different types of gametes. • And each can fertilize ONE of the ~ 8 million types of gametes of the mate… for a total 246 = ~70 trillion different chromosomal combinations possible in the offspring of a single pair of mating humans.

  21. III. Meiosis • Sexual Reproduction and Variation • 1. Meiosis and Mendelian Heredity: The chromosomal theory • 2. Solving Darwin’s Dilemma • 3. Model of Evolution – circa 1905 Sources of VariationCauses of Change Independent Assortment  VARIATION  NATURAL SELECTION

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