Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1 An Introduction to Heredity
1.1 Ospring acquire genes from parents by inheriting
chromosomes
1. DNA is polymer of four nucleotide monomers.
2. Transmission of traits based molecularly in precise replication of DNA.
3. Locus gene's specic location along chromosome.
1
Figure 1: Variety of life cycles
1. Animals: gametes are only haploid cells; all other cells diploid.
2. Most fungi and some protists: meiosis occurs before ospring develop.
2
2.2 Meiosis reduces chromosome number from diploid to
haploid: a closer look
1. Sister chromatids are NOT homologous pairs!
3
4
Figure 2: Interphase and Meiosis I
5
Figure 3: Telophase I, Cytokinesis I, and Meiosis II
Figure 4: Comparison of mitosis and meiosis
6
2. Each homologous pair positioned independently.
2n × 2n = 22n