BIO 325 Lecture Notes - Abo Blood Group System, Dementia, Galactose

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The characteristics of traits are carried by genes, and they exist in pairs --- in heterozygous gene pairs, one would be dominant over the other --- split independently in cell division, and independently assort. 2 types: wild-type - most frequently observed in nature; mostly dominant in nature, mutant type - modified genetic information. New phenotypes result from changes in functional activity of gene product: eliminating enzyme function. Enzyme constitutes the major parts of proteins: changing relative enzyme efficiency. May reduce or increase the enzyme functionality: changing overall enzyme function. Changing the function to a completely different one. Loss of function mutation - mutation causes the reduction or loss of the specific wild-type function. If loss is complete, the mutation has resulted in a null allele. Gain-of-function - mutation enhances the function of the wild-type product. Growth factors are giving growth signals to continue the cell cycle.

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