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Gene Cloning and Karyotyping
Gene Cloning• Techniques for gene cloning enable scientists
to prepare multiple identical copies of gene-sized pieces of DNA.
• Most methods for cloning pieces of DNA share certain general features.– For example, a foreign gene is inserted into a
bacterial plasmid and this recombinant DNA molecule is returned to a bacterial cell.
– Every time this cell reproduces, the recombinant plasmid is replicated as well and passed on to its descendents.
– Under suitable conditions, the bacterial clone will make the protein encoded by the foreign gene.
• One goal may be to produce a protein product for use.
• A second goal may be to prepare many copies of the gene itself.– This may enable scientists to determine the
gene’s nucleotide sequence or provide an organism with a new metabolic capability by transferring a gene from another organism.
Restriction Enzymes
• In nature, bacteria use restriction enzymes to cut foreign DNA, such as from phages or other bacteria.
• Most restrictions enzymes are very specific, recognizing short DNA nucleotide sequences and cutting at specific point in these sequences.
• Each restriction enzyme cleaves a specific sequence of bases called a restriction site.– These are often a symmetrical series of four to eight
bases on both strands running in opposite directions.– If the restriction site on one strand is 3’-CTTAAG-5’, the
complementary strand is 5’-GAATTC-3
• Restriction enzymes cut covalent phosphodiester bonds of both strands, often in a staggered way creating single-stranded ends, sticky ends.– These extensions will form hydrogen-bonded base pairs
with complementary single-stranded stretches on other DNA molecules cut with the same restriction enzyme
• Recombinant plasmids are produced by splicing restriction fragments from foreign DNA into plasmids.– A plasmid is a circular piece of DNA found in
bacteria and contain genes.– Plasmids can be used to insert DNA from
another organism into a bacterial cell.
• Then, as a bacterium carrying a recombinant plasmid reproduces, the plasmid replicates within it.
Recombinant DNA vectors
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• The process of cloning a gene in a bacterial plasmid can be divided into five steps.
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Fig. 20.3
Chromosomal abnormalities• Incorrect number of chromosomes
– Nondisjunction • chromosomes don’t separate properly during
meiosis
– Chromosome mutations• Deletion
• Inversion
• Duplication
• Translocation
Nondisjunction • Problems with meiotic spindle cause errors in
daughter cells– homologous chromosomes do not separate properly
during Meiosis 1– sister chromatids fail to separate during Meiosis 2– too many or too few chromosomes
2n n
n
n-1
n+1
Alteration of chromosome number
Nondisjunction • Baby has wrong chromosome number
– Trisomy • cells have 3 copies of a chromosome
– Monosomy• cells have only 1 copy of a chromosome
n+1 n n-1 n
monosomy2n-1
trisomy2n+1
Human chromosome disorders • High frequency in humans
– most embryos are spontaneously aborted– alterations are too disastrous– developmental problems result from biochemical
imbalance• imbalance in regulatory molecules?
– hormones?
– transcription factors?
• Certain conditions are tolerated– upset the balance less = survivable– but characteristic set of symptoms = syndrome
Karyotyping
Karyotype of a normal male
Chromosome Spread
Down syndrome• Trisomy 21
– 3 copies of chromosome 21– 1 in 700 children born in U.S.
• Chromosome 21 is the smallest human chromosome– but still severe effects
• Frequency of Down syndrome correlates with the age of the mother
Down syndrome & age of mother
Mother’s age
Incidence of Down Syndrome
Under 30 <1 in 1000
30 1 in 900
35 1 in 400
36 1 in 300
37 1 in 230
38 1 in 180
39 1 in 135
40 1 in 105
42 1 in 60
44 1 in 35
46 1 in 20
48 1 in 16
49 1 in 12
Rate of miscarriage due to amniocentesis: 1970s data
0.5%, or 1 in 200 pregnancies
2006 data<0.1%, or 1 in 1600 pregnancies
Genetic testing• Amniocentesis in 2nd trimester
– sample of embryo cells– stain & photograph chromosomes
• Analysis of karyotype
Sex chromosomes abnormalities
• Human development more tolerant of wrong numbers in sex chromosome
• But produces a variety of distinct syndromes in humans– XXY = Klinefelter’s syndrome male – XXX = Trisomy X female– XYY = Jacob’s syndrome male– XO = Turner syndrome female
• 2X and 1Y– one in every 2000 live births– have male sex organs, but are
sterile– feminine characteristics
• some breast development• lack of facial hair
– tall– normal intelligence
Klinefelter’s syndrome
Klinefelter’s syndrome
Jacob’s syndrome male• 1X and 2 Y
– 1 in 1000 live male births
– extra Y chromosome– slightly taller than
average– more active– normal intelligence, slight learning disabilities– delayed emotional immaturity– normal sexual development
Trisomy X• 3 X
– 1 in every 2000 live births– produces healthy females
• Why?• all but one X chromosome is inactivated
Turner syndrome• 1X
– 1 in every 5000 births– varied degree of effects – webbed neck– short stature– sterile
Changes in chromosome structure
• Deletion– loss of a chromosomal segment
• Duplication– repeat a segment
• Inversion– reverses a segment
• Translocation– move segment from one chromosome to
another
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