BIOL1020 Study Guide - Homologous Chromosome, Gregor Mendel, Karyotype

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Genetics is the study of heredity (how offspring resemble their parents) and variation (why offspring are not identical) All individuals of a species have the same genes (variation due to gene mutation) Variants of the same gene (alleles) which account for variation. Different combinations of alleles account for variation (30 000 genes and 2 alleles per genes) Chromosomes composed of dna and proteins called histones. Unreplicated chromosome contains continuous dna molecule wrapped around histones. After replication dna composed of two identical chromatids connected by a centromere. Genes located on chromosomes at a particular locus. Most eukaryotes are diploid (2n)(two copies of each chromosome) Homologous - 1 from egg and 1 from the sperm. Human somatic (non-gamete) cells have 46 chromosomes (2 sets) Sexual reproduction: meiosis: haploid gametes produced, sex or pollination: gametes are brought together, fertilisation: gametes fuse and makes diploid zygote, organism develops: mitosis and gene expression. Homologous chromosome mother and father into different cells.

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