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4.1

Chromosomes are bundles of long strands of DNA.

A human cell contain enough DNA to stretch for nearly two metres.

Chromosomes always come in pairs in eukaryotes.

Humans have 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs.

Prokaryotes have only one chromosome, and the DNA is not associated with proteins.

Genes

A gene is a heritable factor, meaning passing on from parent to offspring, that controls a specific characteristic.

Variations of a gene are called alleles.

An allele is one specific form of a gene, differing from other alleles by one or a few bases.

Mutations

A mutation is a random, rare change in genetic material.

One type involves a change of a sequence of bases in DNA.

Base substitution mutation

In humans, a mutation is sometimes found in the gene which creates haemoglobin for red blood cells. This mutation gives a different shape to the haemoglobin molecule.

The difference leads to red blood cells which look very different from the usual flattened disk pinched in the middle. The condition which results from this mutation is therefore called sickle cell anaemia.

The kind of mutation which causes sickle cell anaemia is called a case substitution mutation. One base is substituted for another so the codon GAG becomes GTG.

Sickle cell anaemia

Symptoms are weakness, fatigue, and shortness of breath.

People affected by sickle cell anaemia have a risk of passing the mutated gene to their offspring.

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4.2

Genotype-The combination of alleles of a gene carried by an organism

Phenotype-The expression of alleles of a gene carried by an organism

Centromeres join chromatids together

Alleles a are different versions of a gene, dominant and recessive

Humans have 46 chromosomes

Crossing over occurs in prophase 1

TT= Tall

Tt= Short

What percentage of the plants will be homozygous recessive short?

Pedigree charts can be used to trace family histories and deduce genotypes and risk in the

case of inherited gene-related disorders

Antibodies (immunoglobulins) are specific to antigens.

Sex genes are not homologous

eukaryotic chromosomes are made of DNA and proteins

meiosis is A reduction division of a diploid nucleus to form 4 haploid nuclei

homologous chromosomes are Chromosomes with the same gene loci in the same

sequence

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4.3

Meiosis

Meiosis is a form of cell division which results in gametes (sex cells). Cells which contain half the chromosome number are called haploid cells. Cells with the full chromosome number are called diploid cells. In a diploid human cell, the 46 chromosomes can be grouped into 23 pairs of chromosomes

called homologous chromosomes. One of the characteristics which distinguishes meiosis from mitosis is that during the first

step, called prophase I, there is an exchange of genetic material between non-sister chromatids in a process called crossing over.

Prophase I

1. Chromosomes become visible2. Homologous chromosomes pair up3. Crossing over occurs4. Spindle fibers form

Metaphase I

1. Homologous chromosomes line up across equator2. Nuclear membrane disintegrates

Anaphase I

1. Spindle fibers attach to chromosomes and pull them to opposite poles

Telophase I

1. Spindle fibers disintegrate2. Chromosomes uncoil and new nuclear membranes form- Cytokinesis happens: cell splits into two separate cells.

- Meiosis II takes place in order to separate the sister chromatids.

Prophase II

1. DNA condenses into visible chromosomes again2. New spindle fibers form

Metaphase II

1. Nuclear membranes disintegrates

2. The individual chromosomes line up along the equator3. Spindle fibers from opposite poles attach to each of the sister chromatids at the centromeres

Anaphase II

1. Centromeres of each chromosome split, releasing each sister chromatid as an individual chromosome

2. Spindle fibers pull individual chromatids to opposite ends of the cell3. Because of random orientation, the chromatids could be pulled towards either of the newly

forming daughter cells

Telophase II

1. Chromosomes unwind their strands of DNA2. Nuclear envelopes form around the four haploid cells

Down’s Syndrome

In case of Down’s Syndrome, non-disjunction happens in the 21st pair of chromosomes: the child receives 3 instead of 2. Such an anomaly is called a trisomy and Down’s Syndrome is also referred to as trisomy 21.

Karyotypes

1. The cells are stained and prepared ona glass slide to see their chromosomes under a light microscope.

2. Photomicrograph images are obtained of the chromosomes during mitotic metaphase.3. The images are cut out and separated, a process which can be done using scissors or using a

computer.4. The images of each pair chromosomes are placed in order by size and the position of their

centromeres.

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4.3

Genotype-The combination of alleles of a gene carried by an organism

Phenotype-The expression of alleles of a gene carried by an organism

Centromeres join chromatids together

Alleles a are different versions of a gene, dominant and recessive

Humans have 46 chromosomes

Crossing over occurs in prophase 1

TT= Tall

Tt= Short

What percentage of the plants will be homozygous recessive short?

Pedigree charts can be used to trace family histories and deduce genotypes and risk in the

case of inherited gene-related disorders

Antibodies (immunoglobulins) are specific to antigens.

Sex genes are not homologous

eukaryotic chromosomes are made of DNA and proteins

meiosis is A reduction division of a diploid nucleus to form 4 haploid nuclei

homologous chromosomes are Chromosomes with the same gene loci in the same

sequence

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4.4 Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Polymerase Chain Reaction

1. Polmerser chain reaction- the polymerase chain reaction is a method for making copies of a specific segment of DNA, starting with a very small amount

2. The technique is used to identify specific micrograms from a small amount of DNA and to identify persons involved in crimes from DNA on cigarites or in single hair follicles.

3. The DNA to be amplified is mixed with deoxyribonuclitides, a thermal stable DNA polymerase called Taq polymerase and DNA primers

4. The mixture is heated to break the hydrogen bonds in the DNA, forming single stranded molecules. The mixture is then cooled sufficiently to allow the DNA primers to anneal to each end of the segment to be copied.

5. Taq polmerser then synthesis the complementary strand of DNA, using the primer as the starting point.

6. The temperature is raised again to separate then lowered sufficiently to allow perimeters to attach

7. This processes is repeated until enough DNA has been produced to identified.

DNA Profiling- is the process of matching an unknown sample of DNA with a known sample to see if they correspond.

Applications- DNA profiling can be used in paternity suits when the identity of someone’s biological father must be known.

Human Genome Project- hoped to determine the order of all bases A, T, C, and G in human DNA. In 2003, the project announced that it had succeeded in achieving its goal. The Human Genome Project has pushed forwards medical and pharmacological research.

Cutting, copying, and pasting genes

The ‘scissors used for cutting base ’Restriction enzymes called endonucleases find and recognize a specific sequence of base pairs along the DNA molecule. The endonucleases cut DNA at specified points. If both the beginning and the end of a gene are cut, the gene is released and can be removed from the donor organism.

Copying DNA (DNA cloning)

Host cell is needed- Escherichia coli. Some DNA can be found in plasmids (small circles of extra copies of DNA

floating in the cell’s cytoplasm. To copy a gene it must be glued into a plasmid- plasmid must be removed

from the host cell and cut open using a restriction endonuclease (gene splicing)

Vector is placed inside the host bacterium and the bacterium is giving its

ideal conditions to grow and proliferate. Done by placing a bacterium into a

bioreactor.