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PowerPoint Lectures for Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, Seventh Edition Reece, Taylor, Simon, and Dickey
Chapter 8 The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance
Cancer cells
– start out as normal body cells,
– undergo genetic mutations,
– lose the ability to control the tempo of their own division, and
– run amok, causing disease.
Introduction
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In a healthy body, cell division allows for
– growth,
– the replacement of damaged cells, and
– development from an embryo into an adult.
In sexually reproducing organisms, eggs and sperm result from
– mitosis and
– meiosis.
Introduction
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Figure 8.0_2 Chapter 8: Big Ideas
Cell Division and Reproduction
The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Mitosis
Meiosis and Crossing Over
Alterations of Chromosome Number and Structure
Figure 8.0_3
CELL DIVISION AND REPRODUCTION
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8.1 Cell division plays many important roles in the lives of organisms
Organisms reproduce their own kind, a key characteristic of life.
Cell division
– is reproduction at the cellular level,
– requires the duplication of chromosomes, and
– sorts new sets of chromosomes into the resulting pair of daughter cells.
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Cell division is used
– for reproduction of single-celled organisms,
– growth of multicellular organisms from a fertilized egg into an adult,
– repair and replacement of cells, and
– sperm and egg production.
8.1 Cell division plays many important roles in the lives of organisms
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8.1 Cell division plays many important roles in the lives of organisms
Living organisms reproduce by two methods.
– Asexual reproduction
– produces offspring that are identical to the original cell or organism and
– involves inheritance of all genes from one parent.
– Sexual reproduction
– produces offspring that are similar to the parents, but show variations in traits and
– involves inheritance of unique sets of genes from two parents.
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THE EUKARYOTIC CELL CYCLE AND MITOSIS
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Eukaryotic cells
– are more complex and larger than prokaryotic cells,
– have more genes, and
– store most of their genes on multiple chromosomes within the nucleus.
8.3 The large, complex chromosomes of eukaryotes duplicate with each cell division
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Eukaryotic chromosomes are composed of chromatin consisting of
– one long DNA molecule and
– proteins that help maintain the chromosome structure and control the activity of its genes.
To prepare for division, the chromatin becomes
– highly compact and
– visible with a microscope.
8.3 The large, complex chromosomes of eukaryotes duplicate with each cell division
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Figure 8.3A
Figure 8.3B
Sister chromatids
Chromosomes
Centromere
Chromosome duplication
Sister chromatids
Chromosome distribution
to the daughter
cells
DNA molecules
Before a eukaryotic cell begins to divide, it duplicates all of its chromosomes, resulting in
– two copies called sister chromatids
– joined together by a narrowed “waist” called the centromere.
When a cell divides, the sister chromatids
– separate from each other, now called chromosomes, and
– sort into separate daughter cells.
8.3 The large, complex chromosomes of eukaryotes duplicate with each cell division
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Figure 8.3B_1 Chromosomes
Centromere
Chromosome duplication
Sister chromatids
Chromosome distribution
to the daughter
cells
DNA molecules
The cell cycle is an ordered sequence of events that extends – from the time a cell is first formed from a dividing
parent cell
– until its own division.
8.4 The cell cycle multiplies cells
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The cell cycle consists of two stages, characterized as follows: 1. Interphase: duplication of cell contents
– G1—growth, increase in cytoplasm
– S—duplication of chromosomes
– G2—growth, preparation for division
2. Mitotic phase: division – Mitosis—division of the nucleus
– Cytokinesis—division of cytoplasm
8.4 The cell cycle multiplies cells
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Figure 8.4
G1 (first gap) S
(DNA synthesis)
G2 (second gap)
M
Cytokinesis
Mitosis
I N T E R P H A S E
PH A SE T T
MI O
IC
Mitosis progresses through a series of stages:
– prophase,
– prometaphase,
– metaphase,
– anaphase, and
– telophase.
Cytokinesis often overlaps telophase.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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Figure 8.5_1
INTERPHASE MITOSIS
Prophase Prometaphase
Centrosome
Early mitotic spindle
Chromatin
Fragments of the nuclear envelope Kinetochore
Centrosomes (with centriole pairs)
Centrioles
Nuclear envelope
Plasma membrane
Chromosome, consisting of two sister chromatids
Centromere Spindle microtubules
Figure 8.5_left
INTERPHASE MITOSIS
Prophase Prometaphase
Centrosome Early mitotic spindle
Chromatin
Fragments of the nuclear envelope
Kinetochore
Centrosomes (with centriole pairs)
Centrioles
Nuclear envelope
Plasma membrane Chromosome,
consisting of two sister chromatids
Centromere Spindle microtubules
A mitotic spindle is
– required to divide the chromosomes,
– composed of microtubules, and
– produced by centrosomes, structures in the cytoplasm that
– organize microtubule arrangement and
– contain a pair of centrioles in animal cells.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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Interphase – The cytoplasmic contents double,
– two centrosomes form,
– chromosomes duplicate in the nucleus during the S phase, and
– nucleoli, sites of ribosome assembly, are visible.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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Figure 8.5_2
INTERPHASE
Prophase
– In the cytoplasm microtubules begin to emerge from centrosomes, forming the spindle.
– In the nucleus
– chromosomes coil and become compact and
– nucleoli disappear.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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Figure 8.5_3
Prophase
Prometaphase
– Spindle microtubules reach chromosomes, where they
– attach at kinetochores on the centromeres of sister chromatids and
– move chromosomes to the center of the cell through associated protein “motors.”
– Other microtubules meet those from the opposite poles.
– The nuclear envelope disappears.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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Figure 8.5_4
Prometaphase
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Figure 8.5_left
INTERPHASE MITOSIS
Prophase Prometaphase
Centrosome Early mitotic spindle
Chromatin
Fragments of the nuclear envelope
Kinetochore
Centrosomes (with centriole pairs)
Centrioles
Nuclear envelope
Plasma membrane Chromosome,
consisting of two sister chromatids
Centromere Spindle microtubules
Figure 8.5_5
MITOSIS Anaphase Metaphase Telophase and Cytokinesis
Metaphase plate Cleavage
furrow
Nuclear envelope forming Daughter
chromosomes Mitotic spindle
Figure 8.5_right
MITOSIS Anaphase Metaphase Telophase and Cytokinesis
Metaphase plate
Cleavage furrow
Nuclear envelope forming
Daughter chromosomes
Mitotic spindle
Metaphase
– The mitotic spindle is fully formed.
– Chromosomes align at the cell equator.
– Kinetochores of sister chromatids are facing the opposite poles of the spindle.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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Figure 8.5_6
Metaphase
Anaphase – Sister chromatids separate at the centromeres. – Daughter chromosomes are moved to opposite poles
of the cell as – motor proteins move the chromosomes along the spindle
microtubules and – kinetochore microtubules shorten.
– The cell elongates due to lengthening of nonkinetochore microtubules.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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Figure 8.5_7
Anaphase
Telophase – The cell continues to elongate. – The nuclear envelope forms around chromosomes at
each pole, establishing daughter nuclei. – Chromatin uncoils and nucleoli reappear. – The spindle disappears.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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Figure 8.5_8
Telophase and Cytokinesis
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MITOSIS Anaphase Metaphase Telophase and Cytokinesis
Metaphase plate
Cleavage furrow
Nuclear envelope forming
Daughter chromosomes
Mitotic spindle
During cytokinesis, the cytoplasm is divided into separate cells.
The process of cytokinesis differs in animal and plant cells.
8.5 Cell division is a continuum of dynamic changes
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In animal cells, cytokinesis occurs as
1. a cleavage furrow forms from a contracting ring of microfilaments, interacting with myosin, and
2. the cleavage furrow deepens to separate the contents into two cells.
8.6 Cytokinesis differs for plant and animal cells
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Figure 8.6A
Cytokinesis Cleavage
furrow Contracting ring of microfilaments
Daughter cells
Cleavage furrow
In plant cells, cytokinesis occurs as 1. a cell plate forms in the middle, from vesicles
containing cell wall material,
2. the cell plate grows outward to reach the edges, dividing the contents into two cells,
3. each cell now possesses a plasma membrane and cell wall.
8.6 Cytokinesis differs for plant and animal cells
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Figure 8.6B
Cytokinesis
Cell wall of the parent cell
Daughter nucleus
Cell wall
Plasma membrane
Vesicles containing cell wall material
Cell plate forming
New cell wall
Cell plate Daughter cells
The cells within an organism’s body divide and develop at different rates.
Cell division is controlled by
– the presence of essential nutrients,
– growth factors, proteins that stimulate division,
– density-dependent inhibition, in which crowded cells stop dividing, and
– anchorage dependence, the need for cells to be in contact with a solid surface to divide.
8.7 Anchorage, cell density, and chemical growth factors affect cell division
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Figure 8.7A
Cultured cells suspended in liquid
The addition of growth factor
Figure 8.7B
Anchorage
Single layer of cells
Removal of cells
Restoration of single layer by cell division
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The cell cycle control system is a cycling set of molecules in the cell that
– triggers and
– coordinates key events in the cell cycle.
Checkpoints in the cell cycle can
– stop an event or
– signal an event to proceed.
8.8 Growth factors signal the cell cycle control system
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There are three major checkpoints in the cell cycle.
1. G1 checkpoint
– allows entry into the S phase or
– causes the cell to leave the cycle, entering a nondividing G0 phase.
2. G2 checkpoint, and
3. M checkpoint.
Research on the control of the cell cycle is one of the hottest areas in biology today.
8.8 Growth factors signal the cell cycle control system
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Figure 8.8A
G0
G1 checkpoint
G1 S
M
G2
Control system
M checkpoint
G2 checkpoint
Figure 8.8B
Receptor protein
Signal transduction pathway
Growth factor
Relay proteins
Plasma membrane EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
CYTOPLASM
G1 checkpoint
G1 S
M G2
Control system
Cancer currently claims the lives of 20% of the people in the United States and other industrialized nations.
Cancer cells escape controls on the cell cycle.
Cancer cells
– divide rapidly, often in the absence of growth factors,
– spread to other tissues through the circulatory system, and
– grow without being inhibited by other cells.
8.9 CONNECTION: Growing out of control, cancer cells produce malignant tumors
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A tumor is an abnormally growing mass of body cells.
– Benign tumors remain at the original site.
– Malignant tumors spread to other locations, called metastasis.
8.9 CONNECTION: Growing out of control, cancer cells produce malignant tumors
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Figure 8.9
Tumor
Glandular tissue
Growth Invasion Metastasis
Lymph vessels
Blood vessel
Tumor in another part of the body
Cancers are named according to the organ or tissue in which they originate.
– Carcinomas arise in external or internal body coverings.
– Sarcomas arise in supportive and connective tissue.
– Leukemias and lymphomas arise from blood-forming tissues.
8.9 CONNECTION: Growing out of control, cancer cells produce malignant tumors
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Cancer treatments
– Localized tumors can be
– removed surgically and/or
– treated with concentrated beams of high-energy radiation.
– Chemotherapy is used for metastatic tumors.
8.9 CONNECTION: Growing out of control, cancer cells produce malignant tumors
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When the cell cycle operates normally, mitosis produces genetically identical cells for
– growth,
– replacement of damaged and lost cells, and
– asexual reproduction.
8.10 Review: Mitosis provides for growth, cell replacement, and asexual reproduction
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Figure 8.10A
MEIOSIS AND CROSSING OVER
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In humans, somatic cells have
– 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes and
– one member of each pair from each parent.
The human sex chromosomes X and Y differ in size and genetic composition.
The other 22 pairs of chromosomes are autosomes with the same size and genetic composition.
8.11 Chromosomes are matched in homologous pairs
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Homologous chromosomes are matched in
– length,
– centromere position, and
– gene locations.
A locus (plural, loci) is the position of a gene.
Different versions of a gene may be found at the same locus on maternal and paternal chromosomes.
8.11 Chromosomes are matched in homologous pairs
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Figure 8.11
Pair of homologous chromosomes
Locus
Centromere
Sister chromatids
One duplicated chromosome
An organism’s life cycle is the sequence of stages leading
– from the adults of one generation
– to the adults of the next.
Humans and many animals and plants are diploid, with body cells that have
– two sets of chromosomes,
– one from each parent.
8.12 Gametes have a single set of chromosomes
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Meiosis is a process that converts diploid nuclei to haploid nuclei. – Diploid cells have two homologous sets of
chromosomes.
– Haploid cells have one set of chromosomes.
– Meiosis occurs in the sex organs, producing gametes—sperm and eggs.
Fertilization is the union of sperm and egg.
The zygote has a diploid chromosome number, one set from each parent.
8.12 Gametes have a single set of chromosomes
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Figure 8.12A Haploid gametes (n = 23)
Egg cell
Sperm cell
Fertilization
n
n
Meiosis
Ovary Testis
Diploid zygote (2n = 46)
2n
Mitosis Key
Haploid stage (n) Diploid stage (2n)
Multicellular diploid adults (2n = 46)
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All sexual life cycles include an alternation between
– a diploid stage and
– a haploid stage.
Producing haploid gametes prevents the chromosome number from doubling in every generation.
8.12 Gametes have a single set of chromosomes
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Figure 8.12B
A pair of homologous chromosomes in a diploid parent cell
A pair of duplicated homologous chromosomes
Sister chromatids
1 2 3
INTERPHASE MEIOSIS I MEIOSIS II
Meiosis is a type of cell division that produces haploid gametes in diploid organisms.
Two haploid gametes combine in fertilization to restore the diploid state in the zygote.
8.13 Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
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Meiosis and mitosis are preceded by the duplication of chromosomes. However,
– meiosis is followed by two consecutive cell divisions and
– mitosis is followed by only one cell division.
Because in meiosis, one duplication of chromosomes is followed by two divisions, each of the four daughter cells produced has a haploid set of chromosomes.
8.13 Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
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Meiosis I – Prophase I – events occurring in the nucleus.
– Chromosomes coil and become compact.
– Homologous chromosomes come together as pairs by synapsis.
– Each pair, with four chromatids, is called a tetrad.
– Nonsister chromatids exchange genetic material by crossing over.
8.13 Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
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Figure 8.13_left
Centrosomes (with centriole pairs) Centrioles
Sites of crossing over
Spindle
Tetrad
Nuclear envelope
Chromatin Sister chromatids Fragments
of the nuclear envelope
Centromere (with a kinetochore)
Spindle microtubules attached to a kinetochore
Metaphase plate Homologous
chromosomes separate
Sister chromatids remain attached
Chromosomes duplicate Prophase I Metaphase I Anaphase I INTERPHASE:
MEIOSIS I: Homologous chromosomes separate
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Meiosis I – Metaphase I – Tetrads align at the cell equator.
Meiosis I – Anaphase I – Homologous pairs separate and move toward opposite poles of the cell.
8.13 Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
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Meiosis I – Telophase I – Duplicated chromosomes have reached the poles.
– A nuclear envelope re-forms around chromosomes in some species.
– Each nucleus has the haploid number of chromosomes.
8.13 Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
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Meiosis II follows meiosis I without chromosome duplication.
Each of the two haploid products enters meiosis II.
Meiosis II – Prophase II
– Chromosomes coil and become compact (if uncoiled after telophase I).
– Nuclear envelope, if re-formed, breaks up again.
8.13 Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
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Figure 8.13_right
Cleavage furrow
Telophase I and Cytokinesis Prophase II Metaphase II Anaphase II
MEIOSIS II: Sister chromatids separate
Sister chromatids separate
Haploid daughter cells forming
Telophase II and Cytokinesis
Figure 8.13_5
Two lily cells undergo meiosis II
Meiosis II – Metaphase II – Duplicated chromosomes align at the cell equator.
Meiosis II – Anaphase II
– Sister chromatids separate and
– chromosomes move toward opposite poles.
8.13 Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
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Meiosis II – Telophase II
– Chromosomes have reached the poles of the cell.
– A nuclear envelope forms around each set of chromosomes.
– With cytokinesis, four haploid cells are produced.
8.13 Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
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Mitosis and meiosis both – begin with diploid parent cells that
– have chromosomes duplicated during the previous interphase.
However the end products differ. – Mitosis produces two genetically identical diploid somatic
daughter cells.
– Meiosis produces four genetically unique haploid gametes.
8.14 Mitosis and meiosis have important similarities and differences
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Figure 8.14
Prophase
Metaphase
Duplicated chromosome (two sister chromatids)
MITOSIS
Parent cell (before chromosome duplication)
Chromosome duplication
Chromosome duplication
Site of crossing over
2n = 4
Chromosomes align at the metaphase plate
Tetrads (homologous pairs) align at the metaphase plate
Tetrad formed by synapsis of homologous chromosomes
Metaphase I
Prophase I
MEIOSIS I
Anaphase Telophase
Sister chromatids separate during
anaphase
2n 2n
Daughter cells of mitosis No further chromosomal duplication; sister chromatids separate during anaphase II
n n n n Daughter cells of meiosis II
Daughter cells of
meiosis I
Haploid n = 2
Anaphase I Telophase I
Homologous chromosomes separate during anaphase I; sister chromatids remain together
MEIOSIS II
Figure 8.14_1
Prophase
Metaphase
MITOSIS
Parent cell (before chromosome duplication)
Chromosome duplication
Chromosome duplication
Site of crossing over
2n = 4
Chromosomes align at the metaphase plate
Tetrads (homologous pairs) align at the metaphase plate
Tetrad Metaphase I
Prophase I
MEIOSIS I
Figure 8.14_2
Metaphase
MITOSIS
Chromosomes align at the metaphase plate
Anaphase Telophase
Sister chromatids separate during
anaphase
2n 2n Daughter cells of mitosis
Figure 8.14_3
Tetrads (homologous pairs) align at the metaphase plate
Metaphase I
No further chromosomal duplication; sister chromatids separate during anaphase II
n Daughter cells of meiosis II
Daughter cells of
meiosis I
Haploid n = 2
Anaphase I Telophase I
Homologous chromosomes separate during anaphase I; sister chromatids remain together
MEIOSIS II
MEIOSIS I
n n n
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Genetic variation in gametes results from
– independent orientation at metaphase I and
– random fertilization.
8.15 Independent orientation of chromosomes in meiosis and random fertilization lead to varied offspring
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Independent orientation at metaphase I
– Each pair of chromosomes independently aligns at the cell equator.
– There is an equal probability of the maternal or paternal chromosome facing a given pole.
– The number of combinations for chromosomes packaged into gametes is 2n where n = haploid number of chromosomes.
8.15 Independent orientation of chromosomes in meiosis and random fertilization lead to varied offspring
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Random fertilization – The combination of each unique sperm with each unique egg increases genetic variability.
8.15 Independent orientation of chromosomes in meiosis and random fertilization lead to varied offspring
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Figure 8.15_s1
Possibility A
Two equally probable arrangements of chromosomes at
metaphase I
Possibility B
Figure 8.15_s2
Possibility A
Two equally probable arrangements of chromosomes at
metaphase I
Possibility B
Metaphase II
Figure 8.15_s3
Possibility A
Two equally probable arrangements of chromosomes at
metaphase I
Possibility B
Metaphase II
Gametes
Combination 3 Combination 4 Combination 2 Combination 1
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8.16 Homologous chromosomes may carry different versions of genes
Separation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis can lead to genetic differences between gametes.
– Homologous chromosomes may have different versions of a gene at the same locus.
– One version was inherited from the maternal parent and the other came from the paternal parent.
– Since homologues move to opposite poles during anaphase I, gametes will receive either the maternal or paternal version of the gene.
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Figure 8.16
Coat-color genes
Eye-color genes
Brown Black
Meiosis
White Pink
Tetrad in parent cell (homologous pair of
duplicated chromosomes)
Chromosomes of the four gametes White coat (c);
pink eyes (e)
Brown coat (C); black eyes (E) E C
e c e
E
E
e c
c
C
C
Genetic recombination is the production of new combinations of genes due to crossing over.
Crossing over is an exchange of corresponding segments between separate (nonsister) chromatids on homologous chromosomes. – Nonsister chromatids join at a chiasma (plural, chiasmata), the site of attachment and crossing over.
– Corresponding amounts of genetic material are exchanged between maternal and paternal (nonsister) chromatids.
8.17 Crossing over further increases genetic variability
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Figure 8.17A
Chiasma
Tetrad
Figure 8.17B_1
Tetrad (pair of homologous chromosomes in synapsis)
Breakage of homologous chromatids
Joining of homologous chromatids
1
2
C
c e
E
C
c e
E
C
c e
E
Chiasma
Figure 8.17B_2
Separation of homologous chromosomes at anaphase I
3
C E
C e
Chiasma
c
c
E
e
C E
c e
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Figure 8.17B_3
Separation of chromatids at anaphase II and completion of meiosis
Parental type of chromosome
Recombinant chromosome
Recombinant chromosome
Parental type of chromosome Gametes of four genetic types
C E
e C
4
E c
c e
E C
e C
c E
c e
ALTERATIONS OF CHROMOSOME NUMBER
AND STRUCTURE
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A karyotype is an ordered display of magnified images of an individual’s chromosomes arranged in pairs.
Karyotypes
– are often produced from dividing cells arrested at metaphase of mitosis and
– allow for the observation of
– homologous chromosome pairs,
– chromosome number, and
– chromosome structure.
8.18 A karyotype is a photographic inventory of an individual’s chromosomes
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Figure 8.18_s5
Centromere
Sister chromatids
Pair of homologous chromosomes
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Sex chromosomes
Trisomy 21 – involves the inheritance of three copies of chromosome
21 and – is the most common human chromosome abnormality.
8.19 CONNECTION: An extra copy of chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome
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Trisomy 21, called Down syndrome, produces a characteristic set of symptoms, which include: – mental retardation, – characteristic facial features, – short stature, – heart defects, – susceptibility to respiratory infections, leukemia, and
Alzheimer’s disease, and – shortened life span.
The incidence increases with the age of the mother.
8.19 CONNECTION: An extra copy of chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome
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Figure 8.19A
Trisomy 21
Figure 8.19B
Age of mother 50 45 40 35 30 25 20
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Nondisjunction is the failure of chromosomes or chromatids to separate normally during meiosis. This can happen during
– meiosis I, if both members of a homologous pair go to one pole or
– meiosis II if both sister chromatids go to one pole.
Fertilization after nondisjunction yields zygotes with altered numbers of chromosomes.
8.20 Accidents during meiosis can alter chromosome number
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Figure 8.20A_s1
Nondisjunction
MEIOSIS I
Figure 8.20A_s2
Nondisjunction
MEIOSIS I
MEIOSIS II
Normal meiosis II
Figure 8.20A_s3
Nondisjunction
MEIOSIS I
MEIOSIS II
Normal meiosis II
Gametes
Number of chromosomes
Abnormal gametes
n + 1 n + 1 n - 1 n - 1
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Figure 8.20B_s1
Normal meiosis I
MEIOSIS I Figure 8.20B_s2
Normal meiosis I
MEIOSIS I
MEIOSIS II
Nondisjunction
Figure 8.20B_s3
Normal meiosis I
MEIOSIS I
MEIOSIS II
Nondisjunction
Abnormal gametes Normal gametes
n + 1 n - 1 n n
Sex chromosome abnormalities tend to be less severe, perhaps because of
– the small size of the Y chromosome or
– X-chromosome inactivation.
8.21 CONNECTION: Abnormal numbers of sex chromosomes do not usually affect survival
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Chromosome breakage can lead to rearrangements that can produce – genetic disorders or,
– if changes occur in somatic cells, cancer.
8.23 CONNECTION: Alterations of chromosome structure can cause birth defects and cancer
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These rearrangements may include – a deletion, the loss of a chromosome segment, – a duplication, the repeat of a chromosome segment,
– an inversion, the reversal of a chromosome segment, or
– a translocation, the attachment of a segment to a nonhomologous chromosome that can be reciprocal.
8.23 CONNECTION: Alterations of chromosome structure can cause birth defects and cancer
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) – is one of the most common leukemias, – affects cells that give rise to white blood cells
(leukocytes), and – results from part of chromosome 22 switching places
with a small fragment from a tip of chromosome 9.
8.23 CONNECTION: Alterations of chromosome structure can cause birth defects and cancer
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Figure 8.23A
Deletion
Duplication
Inversion
Reciprocal translocation
Homologous chromosomes Nonhomologous
chromosomes
Figure 8.23B
Chromosome 9
Chromosome 22 Reciprocal translocation
“Philadelphia chromosome”
Activated cancer-causing gene
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