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Ch 9: Patterns of Inheritance
What is inherited?
How is it inherited?
What is the role of chance in
heredity?
Early theories
Theory of Preformation
Single parent
contributes most
Blending
Permanent mixing
of traits
The laboratory of
Gregor Mendel+
Pea garden
Figure 9.4
Dominant
Recessive
Flower
color
White
Flower
position
Seed
shape
Recessive
Inflated
Constricted
Green
Yellow
Tall
Dwarf
Pod
shape
Purple
Seed
color
Dominant
Axial
Terminal
Yellow
Green
Round
Wrinkled
Pod
color
Stem
length
Figure 9.3-s3
Removed
stamens
from purple
flower.
Stamens
Parents
(P)
Carpel
Planted seeds
from pod.
Offspring
(F1)
Figure 9.5-s3
P Generation
(purebred
parents)
Purple
flowers
White
flowers
F1 Generation
F2 Generation
3
4
of plants
have purple flowers
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1
4
of plants
have white flowers
Mendels Conclusions:
1. Presence of alternative versions
of genes (alleles).
Figure 9.7
Homologous
chromosomes
Gene loci
Genotype:
PP
aa
Bb
Homozygous
for the
dominant allele
Dominant
allele
Homozygous
for the
recessive allele
Recessive
allele
Heterozygous
with one dominant
and one recessive
allele
Figure 9.6-2
F1 Generation
(hybrids)
Purple flowers
All Pp
Alleles
segregate
Gametes
1
P
2
1 p
2
F2 Generation
(hybrids)
PP
Pp
Pp
pp
Punnett
Square
Eggs from
F1 plant
Offspring
1. AA x aa
Aa
2. Aa x Aa
Aa
3. Aa x Aa
aa
Figure 9.10
Testcross
B_
Genotypes
bb
Gametes
B
b
Offspring
Bb
or
Bb
All black
Bb
bb
1 black : 1 chocolate
Important Point
Pedigree Analysis
The given pedigree shows individual II-2
affected with a rare recessive trait. Let A and
a represent the dominant and recessive
alleles.
I
2
II
1
Table 9.1