Chapter 14 - Mendel and the Gene Idea
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Chapter 14 - Mendel and the Gene Idea
Figure 14.1 CAMPBELL Drawing from the Deck of Genes BIOLOGY TENTH EDITION Reece • Urry • Cain • Wasserman • Minorsky • Jackson 14 Mendel and the Gene Idea ! What principles account for the passing of traits from parents to offspring? ! The “particulate” hypothesis is the idea that parents pass on discrete heritable units (genes) ! The “blending” hypothesis is the idea that genetic material from the two parents blends together (like blue and yellow paint blend to make green) ! Mendel documented a particulate mechanism through his experiments with garden peas Lecture Presentation by Nicole Tunbridge and Kathleen Fitzpatrick 2 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 3 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Concept 14.1: Mendel used the scientific approach to identify two laws of inheritance Mendel’s Experimental, Quantitative Approach 4 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.1a ! Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity by breeding garden peas in carefully planned experiments ! Mendel’s approach allowed him to deduce principles that had remained elusive to others ! Other advantages of using peas ! Short generation time ! A heritable feature that varies among individuals (such as flower color) is called a character ! Large numbers of offspring ! Mating could be controlled; plants could be allowed to self-pollinate or could be cross pollinated ! Each variant for a character, such as purple or white color for flowers, is called a trait ! Peas were available to Mendel in many different varieties Mendel (third from right, holding a sprig of fuchsia) with his fellow monks. 5 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.2 6 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 7 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Technique The Law of Segregation 1 2 ! Mendel chose to track only those characters that occurred in two distinct alternative forms Stamens Parental generation (P) ! He also used varieties that were true-breeding (plants that produce offspring of the same variety when they self-pollinate) Carpel 3 4 9 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.3-2 Purple flowers ! The true-breeding parents are the P generation ! When Mendel crossed the F1 hybrids, many of the F2 plants had purple flowers, but some had white 10 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Experiment P Generation (true-breeding parents) ! When Mendel crossed contrasting, true-breeding white- and purple-flowered pea plants, all of the F1 hybrids were purple ! When F1 individuals self-pollinate or crosspollinate with other F1 hybrids, the F2 generation is produced 5 First filial generation offspring (F1) ! In a typical experiment, Mendel mated two contrasting, true-breeding varieties, a process called hybridization ! The hybrid offspring of the P generation are called the F1 generation Results Figure 14.3-1 P Generation (true-breeding parents) White flowers Figure 14.3-3 Experiment Purple flowers Experiment F1 Generation (hybrids) All plants had purple flowers Self- or cross-pollination Purple flowers ! Mendel reasoned that only the purple flower factor was affecting flower color in the F1 hybrids White flowers ! Mendel called the purple flower color a dominant trait and the white flower color a recessive trait All plants had purple flowers ! The factor for white flowers was not diluted or destroyed because it reappeared in the F2 generation Self- or cross-pollination F2 Generation 13 705 purple-flowered plants 14 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 12 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. P Generation (true-breeding parents) White flowers ! Mendel discovered a ratio of about three to one, purple to white flowers, in the F2 generation 11 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. F1 Generation (hybrids) © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 8 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 224 white-flowered plants 15 16 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Table 14.1 Table 14.1a Table 14.1b ! Mendel observed the same pattern of inheritance in six other pea plant characters, each represented by two traits ! What Mendel called a “heritable factor” is what we now call a gene 17 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 18 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 19 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 20 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.4 Mendel s Model ! Mendel developed a hypothesis to explain the 3:1 inheritance pattern he observed in F2 offspring ! First: alternative versions of genes account for variations in inherited characters ! Four related concepts make up this model ! For example, the gene for flower color in pea plants exists in two versions, one for purple flowers and the other for white flowers ! These concepts can be related to what we now know about genes and chromosomes Locus for flower-color gene ! These alternative versions of a gene are called alleles 21 G A T T T A G C C A CTAAATCGGT Enzyme that helps synthesize purple pigment Pair of homologous chromosomes Allele for white flowers A T A A A T C G G T Absence of enzyme ! Mendel made this deduction without knowing about chromosomes One allele results in sufficient pigment T A T T T A G C C A ! Each gene resides at a specific locus on a specific chromosome © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. ! Second: for each character, an organism inherits two alleles, one from each parent Enzyme C T A A A T C G G T Allele for purple flowers ! Alternatively, the two alleles at a locus may differ, as in the F1 hybrids ATAAATCGGT 22 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. ! The two alleles at a particular locus may be identical, as in the true-breeding plants of Mendel s P generation 23 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 24 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.5-1 P Generation ! Third: if the two alleles at a locus differ, then one (the dominant allele) determines the organism s appearance, and the other (the recessive allele) has no noticeable effect on appearance ! Fourth (the law of segregation): the two alleles for a heritable character separate (segregate) during gamete formation and end up in different gametes ! In the flower-color example, the F1 plants had purple flowers because the allele for that trait is dominant ! Thus, an egg or a sperm gets only one of the two alleles that are present in the organism ! The model accounts for the 3:1 ratio observed in the F2 generation of Mendel’s crosses Gametes: P p ! Possible combinations of sperm and egg can be shown using a Punnett square ! A capital letter represents a dominant allele, and a lowercase letter represents a recessive allele ! This segregation of alleles corresponds to the distribution of homologous chromosomes to different gametes in meiosis 25 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 26 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.5-2 27 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 28 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.5-3 P Generation Gametes: Appearance: Purple flowers White flowers Genetic makeup: PP pp p P Gametes: F1 Generation p P F1 Generation Appearance: Genetic makeup: Gametes: Useful Genetic Vocabulary P Generation Appearance: Purple flowers White flowers Genetic makeup: PP pp Appearance: Genetic makeup: Purple flowers Pp 1 2 P 1 2 p Purple flowers Pp Gametes: 1 2 P 1 2 p Sperm from F1 (Pp) plant F2 Generation Eggs from F1 (Pp) plant P p © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. P p PP Pp ! An organism with two identical alleles for a character is homozygous for the gene controlling that character ! Because of the different effects of dominant and recessive alleles, an organism s traits do not always reveal its genetic composition ! An organism that has two different alleles for a gene is heterozygous for the gene controlling that character ! Therefore, we distinguish between an organism s phenotype, or physical appearance, and its genotype, or genetic makeup ! Unlike homozygotes, heterozygotes are not truebreeding ! In the example of flower color in pea plants, PP and Pp plants have the same phenotype (purple) but different genotypes pp Pp 3 29 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Appearance: Purple flowers White flowers Genetic makeup: PP pp :1 30 31 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 32 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.6 3 Phenotype Genotype Purple PP (homozygous) Purple Figure 14.7 The Testcross 1 Pp (heterozygous) 1 White Ratio 3:1 Predictions If purple-flowered or parent is PP Sperm p p ! To determine the genotype we can carry out a testcross: breeding the mystery individual with a homozygous recessive individual Pp (heterozygous) pp (homozygous) P ! If any offspring display the recessive phenotype, the mystery parent must be heterozygous Eggs Pp Pp Pp Pp ! Mendel derived the law of segregation by following a single character ! The F1 offspring produced in this cross were monohybrids, heterozygous for one character If purple-flowered parent is Pp Sperm p p ! A cross between such heterozygotes is called a monohybrid cross P Eggs P p Pp Pp pp pp Results 1 Ratio 1:2:1 The Law of Independent Assortment Recessive phenotype, known genotype: pp Dominant phenotype, unknown genotype: PP or Pp? ! An individual with the dominant phenotype could be either homozygous dominant or heterozygous 2 Purple Technique or 33 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All offspring purple 34 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.8 offspring purple and offspring white 1 2 35 YYRR P Generation Figure 14.8b Hypothesis of dependent assortment yyrr Gametes YR Experiment Predictions Hypothesis of dependent assortment 2 YR 1 2 1 2 YR 2 yr YYRR YyRr YyRr yyrr 1 YR 4 4 Yr 4 yR 4 yr Eggs 3 4 1 YR 1 4 Yr 1 4 P Generation yR 1 4 1 YYRR YYRr YyRR YyRr YYRr YYrr YyRr Yyrr 1 YYRR yyrr 1 2 YR Gametes YR yr 1 2 YyRR 1 yr 2 YyRr 1 yyrr YyRr 1 4 1 Phenotypic ratio 3:1 9 16 YR 4 Yr 4 yR 1 3 16 Yyrr yyRr 3 16 1 4 Yr 1 4 yR 1 4 yr YYRR YYRr YyRR YyRr YYRr yr 4 9 YyRr YR YYrr YyRr Yyrr YyRR YyRr yyRR yyRr 4 Phenotypic ratio 3:1 4 1 4 4 YyRr Yyrr yyRr yyrr yyRr yyRR YyRr YR Eggs yr 3 F1 Generation 2 YYRR YyRr Eggs yr yr 1 1 4 1 Sperm 1 Sperm 1 Sperm Eggs ! A dihybrid cross, a cross between F1 dihybrids, can determine whether two characters are transmitted to offspring as a package or independently Hypothesis of independent assortment or 1 Sperm Predicted offspring of F2 generation YyRr Predicted offspring of F2 generation Hypothesis of independent assortment yr F1 Generation ! Crossing two true-breeding parents differing in two characters produces dihybrids in the F1 generation, heterozygous for both characters 36 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.8a Experiment ! Mendel identified his second law of inheritance by following two characters at the same time 1 2 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 3 16 yyrr 1 16 3 16 1 16 Phenotypic ratio 9:3:3:1 16 Phenotypic ratio 9:3:3:1 Results Results 37 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 315 108 101 32 Phenotypic ratio approximately 9:3:3:1 38 39 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Concept 14.2: Probability laws govern Mendelian inheritance The Multiplication and Addition Rules Applied to Monohybrid Crosses 315 Figure 14.9 ! Using a dihybrid cross, Mendel developed the law of independent assortment ! Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent assortment reflect the rules of probability ! It states that each pair of alleles segregates independently of each other pair of alleles during gamete formation ! When tossing a coin, the outcome of one toss has no impact on the outcome of the next toss ! Genes located near each other on the same chromosome tend to be inherited together 41 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. ! The multiplication rule states that the probability that two or more independent events will occur together is the product of their individual probabilities 42 Phenotypic ratio approximately 9:3:3:1 40 32 Rr Segregation of alleles into sperm Sperm 1 R 2 Eggs 2 r 1 4 r 1 r 2 R R 1 R r 1 43 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 2 1 R R 1 ! Segregation in a heterozygous plant is like flipping a coin: Each gamete has a ½ chance of carrying the dominant allele and a ½ chance of carrying the recessive allele © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 101 Rr Segregation of alleles into eggs ! Probability in an F1 monohybrid cross can be determined using the multiplication rule ! In the same way, the alleles of one gene segregate into gametes independently of another gene’s alleles ! This law applies only to genes on different, nonhomologous chromosomes or those far apart on the same chromosome 108 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 4 4 r r 1 4 44 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.UN01 Figure 14.UN02 Solving Complex Genetics Problems with the Rules of Probability ! The addition rule states that the probability that any one of two or more exclusive events will occur is calculated by adding together their individual probabilities ! The rule of addition can be used to figure out the probability that an F2 plant from a monohybrid cross will be heterozygous rather than homozygous ! We can apply the multiplication and addition rules to predict the outcome of crosses involving multiple characters ! A multicharacter cross is equivalent to two or more independent monohybrid crosses occurring simultaneously ! In calculating the chances for various genotypes, each character is considered separately, and then the individual probabilities are multiplied 45 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 46 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 47 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 48 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.10-1 Concept 14.3: Inheritance patterns are often more complex than predicted by simple Mendelian genetics Extending Mendelian Genetics for a Single Gene ! The relationship between genotype and phenotype is rarely as simple as in the pea plant characters Mendel studied ! Many heritable characters are not determined by only one gene with two alleles ! When alleles are not completely dominant or recessive ! In incomplete dominance, the phenotype of F1 hybrids is somewhere between the phenotypes of the two parental varieties 49 White CWCW Gametes CR CW ! In codominance, two dominant alleles affect the phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways 50 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.10-2 Red C RC R ! Complete dominance occurs when phenotypes of the heterozygote and dominant homozygote are identical ! When a gene produces multiple phenotypes © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. P Generation ! Inheritance of characters by a single gene may deviate from simple Mendelian patterns in the following situations: ! When a gene has more than two alleles ! However, the basic principles of segregation and independent assortment apply even to more complex patterns of inheritance Degrees of Dominance 51 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 52 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.10-3 P Generation P Generation Red C RC R CR Gametes CW F1 Generation Gametes Red C RC R White CWCW 2 CR 1 2 CR Gametes 2 1 1 2 CR Eggs 1 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 1 CR 1 2 ! Alleles are simply variations in a gene s nucleotide sequence CW ! For any character, dominance/recessiveness relationships of alleles depend on the level at which we examine the phenotype Sperm F2 Generation 53 ! A dominant allele does not subdue a recessive allele; alleles don t interact that way Pink C RC W Gametes CW The Relation Between Dominance and Phenotype CW F1 Generation Pink C RC W 1 White CWCW 2 2 CR 1 2 CW C RC R C RC W C RC W CWCW ! Tay-Sachs disease is fatal; a dysfunctional enzyme causes an accumulation of lipids in the brain ! At the organismal level, the allele is recessive ! At the biochemical level, the phenotype (i.e., the enzyme activity level) is incompletely dominant ! At the molecular level, the alleles are codominant CW 54 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 55 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 56 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.11 Multiple Alleles Frequency of Dominant Alleles ! The allele for this unusual trait is dominant to the allele for the more common trait of five digits per appendage ! Dominant alleles are not necessarily more common in populations than recessive alleles ! Most genes exist in populations in more than two allelic forms Allele 58 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Pleiotropy Extending Mendelian Genetics for Two or More Genes Epistasis A Genotype 59 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. IB i none B (b) Blood group genotypes and phenotypes ! The enzyme encoded by the IA allele adds the A carbohydrate, whereas the enzyme encoded by the IB allele adds the B carbohydrate; the enzyme encoded by the i allele adds neither 57 IA Carbohydrate ! For example, the four phenotypes of the ABO blood group in humans are determined by three alleles for the enzyme (I) that attaches A or B carbohydrates to red blood cells: IA, IB, and i. ! In this example, the recessive allele is far more prevalent than the population’s dominant allele ! For example, one baby out of 400 in the United States is born with extra fingers or toes (a) The three alleles for the ABO blood groups and their carbohydrates IAIA or IAi IBIB or IBi IAIB ii A B AB O Red blood cell appearance Phenotype (blood group) 60 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.12 ! Most genes have multiple phenotypic effects, a property called pleiotropy ! Some traits may be determined by two or more genes BbEe ! In epistasis, a gene at one locus alters the phenotypic expression of a gene at a second locus ! For example, pleiotropic alleles are responsible for the multiple symptoms of certain hereditary diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle-cell disease 1 4 1 BE ! For example, in Labrador retrievers and many other mammals, coat color depends on two genes 1 ! One gene determines the pigment color (with alleles B for black and b for brown) 1 1 4 BE 62 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 63 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. bE 1 Be 4 1 4 4 bE 4 Be 4 be BBEE BbEE BBEe BbEe BbEE bbEE BbEe bbEe BBEe BbEe BBee Bbee BbEe bbEe Bbee bbee 9 61 4 be Eggs 1 ! The other gene (with alleles E for color and e for no color) determines whether the pigment will be deposited in the hair © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. BbEe Sperm : 3 : 4 64 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.13 Figure 14.14 Polygenic Inheritance AaBbCc Sperm ! Quantitative characters are those that vary in the population along a continuum 1 1 1 ! Quantitative variation usually indicates polygenic inheritance, an additive effect of two or more genes on a single phenotype 1 1 Eggs 1 ! Skin color in humans is an example of polygenic inheritance 1 1 1 Phenotypes: 1 8 1 8 8 1 1 8 8 1 1 8 1 8 ! Another departure from Mendelian genetics arises when the phenotype for a character depends on environment as well as genotype 8 8 8 ! The phenotypic range is broadest for polygenic characters 8 8 8 ! Traits that depend on multiple genes combined with environmental influences are called multifactorial 8 8 8 1 Number of dark-skin alleles: 65 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Nature and Nurture: The Environmental Impact on Phenotype AaBbCc 6 64 0 15 64 1 64 2 20 64 15 3 6 64 4 1 64 5 64 66 6 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.14a 67 68 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. A Mendelian View of Heredity and Variation Concept 14.4: Many human traits follow Mendelian patterns of inheritance Figure 14.14b ! An organism’s phenotype includes its physical appearance, internal anatomy, physiology, and behavior ! Humans are not good subjects for genetic research ! Generation time is too long ! An organism’s phenotype reflects its overall genotype and unique environmental history ! Parents produce relatively few offspring ! Breeding experiments are unacceptable ! However, basic Mendelian genetics endures as the foundation of human genetics 69 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 70 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.15 Pedigree Analysis Key Male ! A pedigree is a family tree that describes the interrelationships of parents and children across generations Female Affected male Ww ww 2nd generation (parents, aunts, Ww ww ww Ww and uncles) ww Ww Ww ww Ff Ff FF or Ff ff ff ff Ff Ff Ff ff ff FF or Ff Female 1st generation (grandparents) 2nd generation (parents, aunts, and uncles) 3rd generation (two sisters) WW or Ww ww Widow’s peak No widow’s peak (a) Is a widow’s peak a dominant or recessive trait? Attached earlobe © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Ww Mating Offspring, in birth order (first-born on left) ww Ww ww ww Ww WW or Ww Free earlobe ww Ww Ww ww Widow’s peak ww Widow’s peak No widow’s peak (a) Is a widow’s peak a dominant or recessive trait? 74 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.15ab Affected male Affected female 3rd generation (two sisters) (b) Is an attached earlobe a dominant or recessive trait? 73 Figure 14.15aa Key Male Offspring, in birth order (first-born on left) Mating Affected female 75 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.15b Female 1st generation (grandparents) Affected male Affected female Ff 2nd generation (parents, aunts, and uncles) FF or Ff ff 76 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.15ba Key Male 72 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.15a 1st generation (grandparents) ! Inheritance patterns of particular traits can be traced and described using pedigrees 71 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.15bb Mating Offspring, in birth order (first-born on left) Ff ff ff Ff Ff ff FF or Ff Ff ff 3rd generation (two sisters) No widow’s peak 77 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Attached earlobe Free earlobe (b) Is an attached earlobe a dominant or recessive trait? © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Free earlobe Attached earlobe 78 79 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 80 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.16 Recessively Inherited Disorders The Behavior of Recessive Alleles ! Pedigrees can also be used to make predictions about future offspring ! Many genetic disorders are inherited in a recessive manner ! Recessively inherited disorders show up only in individuals homozygous for the allele ! We can use the multiplication and addition rules to predict the probability of specific phenotypes ! These range from relatively mild to life-threatening ! Carriers are heterozygous individuals who carry the recessive allele but are phenotypically normal; most individuals with recessive disorders are born to carrier parents Parents Normal Aa Sperm 81 82 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. A a A AA Normal Aa Normal (carrier) a Aa Normal (carrier) aa Albino Eggs ! Albinism is a recessive condition characterized by a lack of pigmentation in skin and hair © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Normal Aa 83 84 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Cystic Fibrosis Sickle-Cell Disease: A Genetic Disorder with Evolutionary Implications Figure 14.16a ! If a recessive allele that causes a disease is rare, then the chance of two carriers meeting and mating is low ! Cystic fibrosis is the most common lethal genetic disease in the United States, striking one out of every 2,500 people of European descent ! Consanguineous matings (i.e., matings between close relatives) increase the chance of mating between two carriers of the same rare allele ! The cystic fibrosis allele results in defective or absent chloride transport channels in plasma membranes leading to a buildup of chloride ions outside the cell ! Most societies and cultures have laws or taboos against marriages between close relatives 85 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 86 Dominantly Inherited Disorders Low O2 ! Heterozygotes are less susceptible to the malaria parasite, so there is an advantage to being heterozygous in regions where malaria is common Sickle-cell hemoglobin proteins 89 Part of a fiber of sickle-cell hemoglobin proteins Sicklecell disease Sickled red blood cells Sickle-cell allele Normal allele Very low O2 Part of a sickle-cell fiber and normal hemoglobin proteins Parents ! Some human disorders are caused by dominant alleles Dwarf Dd Sicklecell trait ! Achondroplasia is a form of dwarfism caused by a rare dominant allele Sickled and normal red blood cells (b) Heterozygote with sickle-cell trait: Some symptoms when blood oxygen is very low; reduction of malaria symptoms 90 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Normal dd Sperm ! Dominant alleles that cause a lethal disease are rare and arise by mutation (a) Homozygote with sickle-cell disease: Weakness, anemia, pain and fever, organ damage Sickle-cell and normal hemoglobin proteins © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 88 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.18 Sickle-cell alleles ! About one out of ten African Americans has sicklecell trait, an unusually high frequency ! Symptoms include physical weakness, pain, organ damage, and even paralysis 87 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.17 ! Heterozygotes (said to have sickle-cell trait) are usually healthy but may suffer some symptoms ! The disease is caused by the substitution of a single amino acid in the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells ! In homozygous individuals, all hemoglobin is abnormal (sickle-cell) ! Symptoms include mucus buildup in some internal organs and abnormal absorption of nutrients in the small intestine © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. ! Sickle-cell disease affects one out of 400 AfricanAmericans D d d Dd Dwarf dd Normal d Dd Dwarf dd Normal Eggs 91 92 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Multifactorial Disorders Genetic Testing and Counseling Figure 14.18a ! The timing of onset of a disease significantly affects its inheritance ! Many diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, alcoholism, mental illnesses, and cancer have both genetic and environmental components ! Huntington’s disease is a degenerative disease of the nervous system ! Genetic counselors can provide information to prospective parents concerned about a family history for a specific disease ! No matter what our genotype, our lifestyle has a tremendous effect on phenotype ! The disease has no obvious phenotypic effects until the individual is about 35 to 40 years of age ! Once the deterioration of the nervous system begins the condition is irreversible and fatal 93 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 94 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 95 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 96 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.19 Counseling Based on Mendelian Genetics and Probability Rules Tests for Identifying Carriers Fetal Testing ! Using family histories, genetic counselors help couples determine the odds that their children will have genetic disorders ! For a growing number of diseases, tests are available that identify carriers and help define the odds more accurately ! It is important to remember that each child represents an independent event in the sense that its genotype is unaffected by the genotypes of older siblings ! The tests enable people to make more informed decisions about having children (a) Amniocentesis Ultrasound monitor ! In amniocentesis, the liquid that bathes the fetus is removed and tested ! In chorionic villus sampling (CVS), a sample of the placenta is removed and tested ! However, they raise other issues, such as whether affected individuals fully understand their genetic test results (b) Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) 1 Amniotic fluid withdrawn Fetus Placenta Chorionic villi Uterus Fetus Placenta Uterus Cervix Fluid ! Other techniques, such as ultrasound and fetoscopy, allow fetal health to be assessed visually in utero Fetal cells Ultrasound monitor Centrifugation Several hours Biochemical 2 and genetic Several tests weeks 1 Suction tube inserted through cervix Cervix Several hours Fetal cells 2 Several weeks Several hours 3 97 98 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Video: Ultrasound of Human Fetus Newborn Screening 99 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 100 Karyotyping © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.UN03a Figure 14.UN03b ! Some genetic disorders can be detected at birth by simple tests that are now routinely performed in most hospitals in the United States ! One common test is for phenylketonuria (PKU), a recessively inherited disorder that occurs in one of every 10,000–15,000 births in the United States 101 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Relationship among alleles of a single gene 2 R 1 2 Heterozygous phenotype same as that of homozygous dominant Incomplete dominance of either allele Heterozygous phenotype intermediate between the two homozygous phenotypes Codominance r 1 15 64 20 2 15 64 3 6 64 4 64 1 5 64 6 Both phenotypes expressed in heterozygotes 104 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.UN07 Epistasis PP Description Example The phenotypic expression of one gene affects the expression of another gene Pp BbEe Ww BbEe BE bE Be ww ww Ww be BE bE Be Ww ww ww Ww Ww WW or Ww ww ww be CRCR CRCW CWCW 9 Polygenic inheritance IAIB In the population some genes have more than two alleles ABO blood group alleles Pleiotropy One gene affects multiple phenotypic characters Sickle-cell disease :3 :4 A single phenotypic character is affected AaBbCc by two or more genes AaBbCc IA, IB, i Widow’s peak 106 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.UN08 64 103 Relationship among two or more genes Example Multiple alleles 105 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 0 6 Figure 14.UN06 Description Complete dominance of one allele Sperm 1 64 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.UN05 Rr Segregation of alleles into sperm Number of dark-skin alleles: 102 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.UN04 1 Phenotypes: 107 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.UN09 No widow’s peak 108 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 14.UN10 Figure 14.UN11 George Arlene Sickle-cell alleles Low O2 Sickle-cell hemoglobin proteins Part of a fiber of sickle-cell hemoglobin proteins Sicklecell disease Sandra Tom Sam Sickled red blood cells Wilma Ann Michael Carla Daniel Alan Tina Christopher 109 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 110 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 111 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 112 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.