BSC 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Fundamental Theorem Of Arithmetic, Aneuploidy, Zygote

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Mendelian inheritance has its physical basis in the behavior of chromosomes. Chromosome theory of inheritance- mendelian genes have specific loci (positions) along chromosomes, and it is the chromosomes that undergo segregation and independent assortment. The phenotype for a character most commonly used in natural populations is called the wild type. Morgan"s experimentation with fruit flies led to the discovery of x-linked inheritance. A gene located on either sex chromosome is called a sex-linked gene; those located on the y-chromosome are called y-linked. The human x-chromosome contains about 1,100 genes, which are called x-linked genes. Most of one x chromosome in each cell in female mammals becomes inactivated during early embryonic development. The inactive x in each cell of a female condenses into a compact object called a. Genes located near each other on the same chromosome tend to be inherited together in genetic crosses. Such genes are said to be genetically linked and are called linked genes.

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