Heredity

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Heredity by Mind Map: Heredity

1. DNA

1.1. Double Helix

1.1.1. Adenine

1.1.2. Guanine

1.1.3. Thymine

1.1.4. Cytosine

1.2. Genes

1.2.1. Alleles

1.2.1.1. Heterozygous

1.2.1.2. Homozygous

1.2.1.3. Recessive

1.2.1.4. Dominant

1.2.2. Genotype

1.2.2.1. Genetic code

1.2.3. Phenotype

1.2.3.1. Physical observable traits

2. Cell Division

2.1. Meiosis

2.1.1. Cell division resulting in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell

2.2. Mitosis

2.2.1. Chromosomes are separated from a nucleus into two identical sets of chromosomes each into their own nucleus

3. Chromosomes

3.1. 23 pairs for a total of 46

3.2. Centromeres

4. Mendelian Inheritance

4.1. Hybridization

4.2. True Breeding

5. Sex Chromosomes

5.1. X Chrmomosome

5.2. Y Chromosome

5.3. Autosome

5.4. Female: XX

5.5. Male: XY

6. Inheritance

6.1. Maternal Inheritance

6.1.1. Organelles in the offspring cell derive from the mother

6.2. Paternal Inheritance

6.2.1. Organelles in the offspring cell derive from the father

6.3. Biparental Inheritance

6.3.1. Organelles in the offspring cell

7. Genetic Variation

7.1. Species

7.2. Gene Pool

7.3. Populations

8. Mutations

8.1. Deleterious

8.1.1. Harmful

8.2. Neutral

8.2.1. No effect

8.3. Advantageous

8.3.1. Helpful

9. Complex Traits

9.1. High Blood Pressure

9.2. Obesity

9.3. Diabetes

9.4. Depression

10. Non-Inherited Mutations

10.1. BRCA1 Gene

10.2. URE3

11. Gregor Mendel

11.1. Pea Plants

11.2. Mendel's Laws

11.2.1. 1. Principal of Segregation

11.2.2. 2. Principal of Independent Assortment

11.3. The Punnett Square

12. Human Genome Project

12.1. Published 2003

12.2. 20,500 genes

12.3. DNA Sequencing

12.4. Electrophoresis

13. Genetic Linkage

13.1. Recombinant

13.1.1. Results from the crossing over of genes on the same chromosome

13.2. NonRecombinant

13.2.1. Has the same configuration of alleles as one of the parental chromosomes