Patterns of Inheritance

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Spring, 2007
Patterns of Inheritance
BIOL 1312
Dr. Hoge
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Chromosomes
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Mendels Laws
Law of Segregation homologous
chromosomes gene pairs alleles homozygous
heterozygous gene loci gene frequency
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Inheritance of a Single Trait

• Genotype
• and
• Phenotype
• Gamete Formation (meiosis)

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Monohybrid Crosses
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Dihybrid Crosses
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Incomplete Dominance
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Polygenic Inheritance
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Multiple Alleles
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Sex-Linked Inheritance
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Chromosomal Mutations
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Nondisjunction
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Bioethics

• Artificial insemination
• Artificial life
• Body modification
• Chimeras
• Cloning
• Confidentiality (medical records)
• Gene therapy
• Genetically modified food
• Genomics
• Great Ape Project
• Human cloning
• Human genetic engineering
• Immortality
• Infertility (treatments)

Nanomedicine Parthenogenesis Patients' Bill of
Rights Population control Procreative
beneficence Procreative liberty Reproductive
rights Sperm and eggs (donation) Stem cell
research Transhumanism
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