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Chromosomes andHuman Genetics
Chapter 11
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Genes
• Units of information about heritable
traits
• In eukaryotes, distributed among
chromosomes
• Each has a particular locus
– Location on a chromosome
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Homologous Chromosomes
• Homologous autosomes are identical in length, size, shape, and gene sequence
• Sex chromosomes are nonidentical but still homologous
• Homologous chromosomes interact, then segregate from one another during meiosis
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Homologous Chromosomes
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Alleles
• Different molecular forms of a gene
• Arise through mutation
• Diploid cell has a pair of alleles at each
locus
• Alleles on homologous chromosomes
may be same or different
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Sex Chromosomes
• Discovered in late 1800s
• Mammals, fruit flies
– XX is female, XY is male
• In other groups XX is male, XY female
• Human X and Y chromosomes function
as homologues during meiosis
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Sex Determination
XX
XY
XX
XY
X X
Y
X
sex chromosome combinations possible in new individual
Y
X
sperm
X
X
eggs
Female germ cell Male germ cell
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The Y Chromosome
• Fewer than two dozen genes identified
• One is the master gene for male sex
determination
– SRY gene (sex-determining region of Y)
• SRY present, testes form
• SRY absent, ovaries form
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Effect of YChromosome- anatomicaldevelopment
10 weeks
Y present
Y absent
7 weeks
birth approaching
appearance of structuresthat will give rise toexternal genitalia
appearance of “uncommitted” duct system
of embryo at 7 weeks
Y present
Yabsent
testis
ovary
testes ovaries
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The X Chromosome
• Carries more than 2,000 genes
• Most genes deal with nonsexual traits
• Genes on X chromosome can be expressed in both males and females
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Viewing chromosomes
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Karyotype Preparation - Stopping the Cycle
• Cultured cells are arrested at metaphase by adding colchicine
• This is when cells are most condensed and easiest to identify
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Karyotype Preparation
• Arrested cells are broken open
• Metaphase chromosomes are fixed and stained
• Chromosomes are photographed through microscope
• Photograph of chromosomes is cut up and arranged to form karyotype diagram
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Human Karyotype
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Linkage groups
Demo
Need 20 students
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Linkage Groups
• Genes on one type of chromosome
• Fruit flies
– 4 homologous chromosomes
– 4 linkage groups
• Indian corn– 10 homologous chromosomes
– 10 linkage groups
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Full Linkage
xAB ab
50%AB
50%ab
All AaBb
meiosis, gamete formation
Parents:
F1 offspring:
With no crossovers, half of the gametes have one parental genotype and half have the other
AB
ab
AB
ab
ab
AB
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Incomplete Linkage
Parents:
F1 offspring
Unequal ratios of four types of gametes:
All AaCc
x
meiosis, gamete formation
AC acA
C AC
AC
ac
ac
Ac
aC
ac
Most gametes have parental genotypes
A smaller number have recombinant genotypes
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Crossover Frequency
Proportional to the distance that
separates genes
Crossing over will disrupt linkage between
A and B more often than C and D
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Cannot perform experiments on humans
So……..
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Human Genetic Analysis
• Geneticists often gather information from several generations to increase the numbers for analysis
• If a trait follows a simple Mendelian inheritance pattern they can be confident about predicting the probability of its showing up again
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Pedigree
Dogs?
Cats?
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Pedigree
• Chart that shows genetic connections
among individuals
• Standardized symbols
• Knowledge of probability and Mendelian
patterns used to suggest basis of a trait
• Conclusions most accurate when drawn
from large number of pedigrees
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Pedigree for Polydactyly…next slide too
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Genetic Disorder
• A rare, uncommon version of a
trait
• Polydactyly
– Unusual number of toes or fingers
– Does not cause any health
problems
– View of trait as disfiguring is
subjective
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Genetic Disorder
• Inherited conditions that cause mild to
severe medical problems
• Why don’t they disappear?
– Mutation introduces new rare alleles
– In heterozygotes, harmful allele is masked,
so it can still be passed on to offspring
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AutoSex-linkedDominant
Recessive
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Autosomal Dominant Inheritance
• Trait typically appears in every generation
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Achondroplasia
• Autosomal dominant allele
• In homozygous form usually leads to stillbirth
• Heterozygotes display a type of dwarfism
• Have short arms and legs relative to other body parts
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Huntington Disorder
• Autosomal dominant allele
• Causes involuntary movements, nervous system deterioration, death
• Symptoms don’t usually show up until person is past age 30
• People often pass allele on before they know they have it
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Auto Recessive….
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Autosomal Recessive Inheritance Patterns
• If parents are
both
heterozygous,
child will have a
25% chance of
being affected
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Galactosemia• Caused by autosomal recessive allele
• Gene specifies a mutant enzyme in the pathway that breaks down lactose
LACTOSE GALACTOSEGALACTOSE-1-PHOSOPHATE
GALACTOSE-1-PHOSOPHATE
enzyme 1 enzyme 2 enzyme 3
+glucose intermediate
in glycolysis
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Sex-linked
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X-Linked Recessive Inheritance
• Males show disorder more than females
• Son cannot inherit disorder from his father
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Examples of X-Linked Traits
• Color blindness– Inability to distinguish
among some of all colors
• Hemophilia– Blood-clotting disorder
– 1/7,000 males has allele for hemophilia A
– Was common in European royal families
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Hutchinson-Guilford Progeria
• Mutation causes accelerated aging
• No evidence of it running in families
• Appears to be dominant
• Seems to arise as spontaneous
mutation
• Usually causes death in early teens
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Duplication
• Gene sequence that is repeated several
to hundreds of times
• Duplications occur in normal
chromosomes
• May have adaptive advantage
– Useful mutations may occur in copy
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Duplication
normalchromosome
one segmentrepeated
three repeats
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Inversion
A linear stretch of DNA is reversed
within the chromosome
segmentsG, H, Ibecomeinverted
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Deletion
• Loss of some segment of a chromosome
• Most are lethal or cause serious disorder
segment C deleted
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Translocation
• A piece of one chromosome becomes attached to another nonhomologous chromosome
• Most are reciprocal
• Philadelphia chromosome arose from a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22
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Translocation
chromosome
nonhomologouschromosome
reciprocal translocation
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Philadelphia Chromosome
• First abnormal chromosome to be
associated with a cancer
• Associated with a chronic leukemia
– Overproduction of white blood cells
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A Reciprocal Translocation1 2
6
13 15
19 20
Chromosome 9 and chromosome 22
exchanged pieces
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An Altered Gene
• When the reciprocal translocation occurred, a gene at the end of chromosome 9 fused with a gene from chromosome 22
• This hybrid gene encodes an abnormal protein that stimulates uncontrolled division of white blood cells
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Does Chromosome Structure Evolve?
• Alterations in the structure of chromosomes generally are not good and tend to be selected against
• Over evolutionary time, however, many alterations with neutral effects became built into the DNA of all species
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Aneuploidy
• Individuals have one extra or less chromosome
• (2n + 1 or 2n - 1)
• Major cause of human reproductive failure
• Most human miscarriages are aneuploids
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Polyploidy
• Individuals have three or more of each type of chromosome (3n, 4n)
• Common in flowering plants
• Lethal for humans– 99% die before birth
– Newborns die soon after birth
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Nondisjunction
n + 1
n + 1
n - 1
n - 1chromosome alignments at metaphase I
nondisjunction at anaphase I
alignments at metaphase II anaphase II chromosome
number in gametes
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Down Syndrome
• Trisomy of chromosome 21
• Mental impairment and a variety of additional defects
• Can be detected before birth
• Risk of Down syndrome increases dramatically in mothers over age 35
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Turner Syndrome
• Inheritance of only one X (XO)
• 98% spontaneously aborted
• Survivors are short, infertile females– No functional ovaries
– Secondary sexual traits reduced
– May be treated with hormones, surgery
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Klinefelter Syndrome
• XXY condition• Results mainly from nondisjunction in
mother (67%)• Phenotype is tall males
– Sterile or nearly so– Feminized traits (sparse facial hair,
somewhat enlarged breasts)– Treated with testosterone injections
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XYY Condition
• Taller than average males
• Most otherwise phenotypically normal
• Some mentally impaired
• Once thought to be predisposed to criminal behavior, but studies now discredit
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Genetic Screening
• Large-scale screening programs detect affected persons
• Newborns in United States routinely tested for PKU– Early detection allows dietary intervention
and prevents brain impairment
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Phenotypic Treatments
• Symptoms of many genetic disorders
can be minimized or suppressed by
– Dietary controls
– Adjustments to environmental conditions
– Surgery or hormonal treatments
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Prenatal Diagnosis
• Amniocentesis
• Chorionic villus sampling
• Fetoscopy
• All methods have some risks
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Genetic Counseling
• Parents-to-be can seek genetic counseling to compare risks of diagnostic procedures against the risk that their child will be affected by a severe genetic disorder
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Preimplantation Diagnosis• Used with in-vitro fertilization
• Mitotic divisions produce ball of 8 cells
• All cells have same genes
• One of the cells is removed and its genes
analyzed
• If cell has no defects, the embryo is
implanted in uterus