BIOL 202 : Genetics Lectures 19–23.doc

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Lecture 19 large-scale chromosomal changes in plants. 3 parts to it: p, q, and a centromere that connects the short and long arm. How to visualize chromosomes: take a mammalian blood sample. Centrifuge the sample to separate the white blood cell (nucleated) from the remaining blood. Most normal mammalian cell will die eventually in culture: stimulate the cells to divide in vitro by giving growth factor (fetal bovine serum). Some species exist in monoploidy (male bees, wasps and ants) Monosomic = one less chromosome, not one less set. Trisomic = cell will have an extra chromosome. Increase the total number of chromosomes by 1. Humans have 46 chromosomes to start with, so can have 45 or 47 (or 48, 49, 50). Polyploidy: very common in plants but rarer in animals. Autopolyploids: multiple chromosome set from within one species (most triploids) Allopolyploids: have chromosome sets from two or more species.

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