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Genetics

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Genetics

How did I get like this?
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What is an Allele?

  • Quite simply, it is all the options for a trait or gene.
  • Example: the gene is eye color and the alleles are brown, blue, hazel or green
  • Example: the gene is handedness and the alleles are left, right, or both

IT'S ONE TRAIT OR ANOTHER

Dominant or recessive
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Dominant Trait

A trait that appears more often

Recessive Trait

A trait that appears less often
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The dominant factor determines the trait that is shown. So....

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It looks like this

  • Dominant + Dominant= Dominant trait
  • Dominant + Recessive= Dominant traits
  • Recessive + Recessive= Recessive trait
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Let's look at

some common dominant and recessive traits
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Attached vs detached earlobes

The Ears

  • Attached - recessive
  • Detached - dominant
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BROWN EYES VS BLUE EYES

BROWN EYES

Dominant

Widow's peak

Recessive

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DIMPLES

DOMINANT OR RECESSIVE
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dominant trait

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In genetics...

Dominant traits are represented

with uppercase letters
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Recessive traits are

represented with lowercase letters
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Important Genetic

Words
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GENOTYPE

The organisms make up inside (their genes)

Phenotype

The organisms outside appearance

HOMOZYGOUS TRAITS

The genes for a trait are the same (blue eyes/blue eyes
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Homozygous Traits are also Purebred

Represented by BB or bb
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heteorzygous trait

the genes for the trait are not the same (brown eyes/blue eyes)
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Heterozygous Traits are also hybrid

This is represented by Bb
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A checkerboard type diagram can represent traits

inherited from parents. This representation is called a

Punnett Squares

LET'S PRACTICE THEM

They're fun

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