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Variation and the Monohybrid Cross

Variation and the Monohybrid Cross. Higher Biology. Significance of meiosis. Allele: different forms of the same gene ‘Meiosis provides the opportunity for new combinations of the existing alleles of genes to arise”. Independent assortment of chromosomes.

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Variation and the Monohybrid Cross

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  1. Variation and the Monohybrid Cross Higher Biology

  2. Significance of meiosis Allele: different forms of the same gene ‘Meiosis provides the opportunity for new combinations of the existing alleles of genes to arise”

  3. Independent assortment of chromosomes • Homologous pairs line up at equator during first meiotic division • Final position of any one pair is random relative to any other • Second meiotic division brings about independent assortment of chromosomes • This may lead to new phenotypes in the next generation

  4. Crossing over and separation of linked genes • Chromosome is aligned with its homologous partner during first meiotic division • Portions of chromatid exchanged at points called chiasmata

  5. Chiasmata • Chromatids become broken • Broken end of one joins with that of another • Alleles of linked genes can become separated • Formation of new allele combinations • Formation of new phenotypes

  6. Importance of Variation • Helps species adapt to a changing environment • ‘Survival of the fittest’ then occurs as a result of natural selection

  7. Monohybrid Cross • Cross between true-breeding parents with different alleles of the same gene • Genotype: the alleles the individual possesses of a particular gene • Phenotype: physical appearance of an individual

  8. Mendel’s First Law • The principle of segregation • alleles of a gene exist in pairs • when gametes form • members of each pair pass into different gametes • each gamete contains only one allele of each gene

  9. Incomplete dominance

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