Mendelian Genetics Study GuideAP Biology

Mendelien Genetics Study GuideAP Biology

Review Campbell Chapters 14 and 15 for this test.

Vocabulary:

true-breeding

chromosome duplicationphenotype

chromosome deletiongenotype

chromosome inversionhomozygous

chromosome translocationheterozygous

dihybrid crossself-cross

pleiotrophytestcross

epistasis

hybrid cross

multifactorial inheritanceConcepts:

Be familiar with Mendels experiments, his results for P1 and F1 crosses and conclusions he drew from them

Law of segregation

Law of independent assortment

Be able to use the laws of probability/multiplication and additive rules (especially to solve complex problems)Note: Read Section 14.2 in Campbell (pp. 258-259) Incomplete dominanceConcept understanding and ability to work these kinds of problems

CodominanceConcept understanding and ability to recognize it in a problem

Multiple allelesConcept understanding and ability to work these kinds of problems

Polygenic inheritanceConcept understanding, ability to recognize it in a problem and examples

Function of SRY gene (Campbell Section 15.3 pp. 282-283)

Sex-linked (X-linked) inheritanceConcept understanding and ability to work these kinds of problems

Be familiar with the symptoms and the cause of the following genetic diseases:

Cystic fibrosis

Down syndrome

Sickle cell anemia (Disease and trait)Klinefelter syndrome

Huntingtons disease

Turner syndrome

Tay-Sachs disease

phenylketonuria (PKU)

hemophilia

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Environmental impact on phenotype(Campbell p.264)Be able to look at a pedigree chart and determine genotypes and/or probability of possible genotypes

Gene linkage and crossing over

Linkage maps

The relationship between chromosome mapping and crossing over

Barr body (Campbell p. 284)

Polyploidy and how it occurs