given gene • Phenotype: an organism’s traits • Alleles: variations of a gene • Homozygous: twice the same allele for a gene (PP, pp) • Heterozygous : two different alleles for a gene (Pp) Genetics Terminology
phenotype in the homozygous ANDthe heterozygous states in the genotype • Dominant phenotype: Phenotype dictated by the dominant allele • Recessive allele: An allele that is expressed in the phenotype only if in the homozygous state in the genotype • Recessive phenotype: Phenotype dictatedby the recessive allele Genetics Terminology
for a character (i.e.brown) • True-bred: all offspring are of same variety • Hybridization: crossing of 2 different true-breds We label the different generations of a cross as: • P generation (Parents) • F1 generation (1st Filial generation) • F2 generation (2nd Filial generation) Genetics Terminology
canbe understood by considering the probabilities separately – COLOR: ¾ are yellow, ¼ aregreen – SHAPE: ¾ are round, ¼ arewrinkled – Use the product law ofprobability the combined probabilityof the twooutcomes is equal to the product of their individual probabilities
of unit factors assort independentlyof each other • This means that all possible combinations of gametes will be formed with equal frequency • Final dihybrid ratio (assumes independent assortment and random fertilization) is 9:3:3:1 Mendel’s 4th Postulate
Dominant over Wrinkled = w Recessive WW Smooth Ww Smooth ww Wrinkled Ø Yellow = G Dominant over Green = g Recessive GG Yellow Gg Yellow gg Green Ø Smooth and yellow can be: WWGG or WwGG or WWGg or WwGg Cross them with double homozygous recessive wwgg to find out what is the actual genotype wwgg only wwGG or wwGg WWGG or WWGg or WwGG or WwGg Wwgg or WWgg
= W Dominant over Wrinkled = w Recessive WW Smooth Ww Smooth ww Wrinkled Ø Yellow = G Dominant over Green = g Recessive GG Yellow Gg Yellow gg Green Ø Smooth and yellow can be: WWGG or WwGG or WWGg or WwGg Cross them with double recessive wwgg wrinkled and green to find out what is the actual genotype wrinkled green: wwgg only wrinkled Yellow: wwGx (wwGG or wwGg) Smooth Yellow: WxGx (WWGG or WWGg or WwGG or WwGg) Smooth green: Wxgg (Wwgg or WWgg)
multi-hybrid crosses into a series of monohybrid crosses Tt Pp Aa X Tt Pp Aa Break into: Tt X Tt; Pp X Pp; AaX Aa • Tt X Tt --> 3/4 T: 1/4 t • Pp X Pp --> 3/4 P: 1/4 p • Aa X Aa --> 3/4 A: 1/4 a
individual ratios (multiply) to get the final ratio F 2 offspring: 3/4 T 1/4 t < 3/4 P 1/4 p < 3/4 P 1/4 p < < < 3/4 A 1/4 a 3/4 A 1/4 a 3/4 A 1/4 a 3/4 A 1/4 a --> 27/64 TPA --> 9 /64 TPa --> 9 /64 TpA --> 3 /64 Tpa --> 9 /64 tPA --> 3 /64 tPa --> 3 /64 tpA --> 1 /64 tpa
using the Punnett square Three genes in fruit flies affect a particular trait, and one dominant allele of each gene is necessary to get a wild-type phenotype. What phenotypic ratios would you predict among the progeny if you crossed triply heterozygous flies? The crossing between three triploid heterozygous genes (AaBbCc) of fruit flies results in the production of 27 allele combinations with 64 genotypes. Here is the Punnett square diagram of the triploid heterozygous genes that shows all allele combinations