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Heredity- Inheritance and Variation of Traits

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Trihybrid Crosses

Mendel estese ulteriormente la sua ricerca sulle piante di pisello agli incroci triibridi, dove gli organismi variano in tre diversi tratti, ad esempio, l'altezza della pianta - designata qui da T maiuscola o minuscola, la forma del seme mostrata qui dall'allele R e il colore del seme - delineato dalla lettera Y. 
Una pianta dominante omozigote in questo incrocio sarà una pianta alta con semi rotondi e gialli e il genotipo TTRRYY maiuscolo. Una pianta omozigote recessiva sarà una pianta corta con semi rugosi e verdi e il genotipo ttrryy minuscolo.
Quando queste piante vengono incrociate, tutte le piante della generazione F1 sono tribride, il che significa che sono eterozigoti per tutti e tre i tratti con il genotipo mostrato qui.
Le piante della generazione F1 mostrano il fenotipo dominante in cui tutte le piante sono alte... con semi rotondi..., gialli.
Quando ci sono tre coppie di caratteristiche contrastanti, un quadrato di Punnet diventa rapidamente impraticabile perché ci sono 64 potenziali genotipi nella generazione F2.
In questi casi, viene spesso utilizzato il metodo della linea biforcuta. Qui, gli eterozigoti F1 con tre coppie di caratteri sono disposti in tre file, dove ogni gene occupa una fila.
Gli alleli per l'altezza della pianta sono posti nella prima fila e sono segregati nel rapporto atteso dagli incroci monoibridi, dove tre piante sono alte e una pianta è corta.
Gli alleli per la forma del seme sono posti nella seconda fila e sono segregati su una linea biforcuta in modo simile, in un rapporto di 3 a 1. Il processo viene ripetuto di nuovo nella terza riga con gli alleli per il colore del seme.
Ora i valori lungo ogni percorso biforcato vengono moltiplicati per ciascuno degli otto diversi risultati.
Ad esempio, seguendo il bivio più a sinistra, tre volte tre volte tre fa 27. Pertanto, tra i 64 potenziali genotipi per questa generazione, ci sono 27 piante alte con semi rotondi e gialli. 
Ogni percorso può essere successivamente moltiplicato per trovare i rapporti fenotipici per l'intera generazione F2.

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	<li>Snustad, D. Peter e Michael J. Simmons. Principi di genetica. John Wiley & Sons, 2015. Pagine 46 - 47.</li>
	<li>"Laws of Inheritance", consultato il 10 maggio 2021 <a href="https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/module/14996/student/?task=5">https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/module/14996/student/?task=5</a></li>
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incroci triibride

Incroci triibride

Alcuni degli incroci di Mendel esaminavano tre paia di caratteristiche contrastanti. Tale incrocio è chiamato incrocio triibrido. Un incrocio triibrido è una combinazione di tre singoli incroci monoibridi. Ad esempio, l'altezza della pianta (alta o bassa), la forma del seme (rotondo o rugoso) e il colore del seme (giallo o verde).

Le piante della generazione F1 di un incrocio triibrido sono eterozigoti per tutti e tre i caratteri e producono otto gameti. Dopo l'autofecondazione, questi gameti hanno la stessa possibilità di dare origine a 64 diverse combinazioni di genotipi nella generazione F2. In casi come questo, quando ci sono più di due coppie di caratteristiche contrastanti da studiare, un quadrato di Punnett è ingombrante e poco pratico. Il metodo della linea biforcuta può essere utilizzato al posto del quadrato di Punnett per semplificare la previsione dei rapporti genotipo e fenotipo.

Sebbene sia impossibile prevedere il numero effettivo di individui per genotipo nella generazione F2, questo metodo può prevedere il rapporto fenotipico, 27:9:9:9:3:3:3:1. In un incrocio tra piante alte con semi rotondi e gialli e piante nane con semi verdi e rugosi, si possono trovare 27 piante alte con semi rotondi e gialli, 9 piante basse con semi rotondi gialli, 9 piante alte con semi rotondi e gialli, 9 piante alte con semi rotondi e gialli semi, 9 piante alte con semi verdi e rotondi, 3 piante basse con semi gialli e rugosi, 3 piante basse con semi verdi e rotondi, 3 piante alte con semi verdi e rugosi e 1 pianta bassa con semi verdi e rugosi.

Regole della fecondazione multi ibrida

Esistono regole per identificare rispettivamente i gameti e i genotipi della progenie delle generazioni F1 e F2. Queste regole si applicano a tutti gli incroci multi-ibridi che obbediscono alla legge dell'assortimento indipendente e seguono il modello dominante-recessivo. Il numero di gameti formati nella generazione F1 può essere identificato utilizzando la formula 2n, dove n è il numero di coppie di geni eterozigoti. Ad esempio, l'allevamento tra gli eterozigoti XxYy e XxYy ha n pari a 2. Pertanto, il numero di gameti formati dagli eterozigoti F1 sarà 22, ovvero quattro.

Allo stesso modo, l'allevamento tra eterozigoti XXYy e XXyY ha n pari a 1 perché X non è eterozigote. Quindi, il numero di gameti formati dagli eterozigoti F1 sarà 21, ovvero 2. Allo stesso modo, il genotipo della generazione F2 può essere identificato utilizzando la formula 3n.

Incroci triibride

Incroci triibridi
Alcune delle croci di Mendel esaminarono tre coppie di caratteristiche contrastanti. Tale incrocio è chiamato incrocio triibrido. Un...

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forked line method for trihybrid crosses

Forked line method for trihybrid crosses helps predict the outcome of three-trait Mendelian crosses. A trihybrid cross studies three pairs of contrasting characteristics. It combines three separate monohybrid crosses. Common examples include plant height, seed shape, and seed color.

In a typical trihybrid cross, the F1 plants are heterozygous for all three traits. They can produce eight different gametes. After self-fertilization, these gametes can lead to 64 genotype combinations in the F2 generation. When more than two contrasting traits are studied, a Punnett square becomes hard to use. The forked line method gives a simpler way to predict genotype and phenotype ratios.

This method does not predict the exact number of offspring in the F2 generation. It can predict the phenotypic ratio instead. For a cross between tall plants with round, yellow seeds and dwarf plants with wrinkled, green seeds, the expected ratio is 27:9:9:9:3:3:3:1. That means 27 tall plants with round, yellow seeds, 9 short plants with yellow, round seeds, 9 tall plants with yellow, wrinkled seeds, 9 tall plants with green, round seeds, 3 short plants with yellow, wrinkled seeds, 3 short plants with green, round seeds, 3 tall plants with green, wrinkled seeds, and 1 short plant with green, wrinkled seeds.

Rules for multi hybrid fertilization also help identify gametes and F2 genotypes. These rules apply to crosses that follow independent assortment and a dominant-recessive pattern. The number of gametes in the F1 generation can be found with the 2n formula, where n is the number of heterozygous gene pairs. For example, XxYy × XxYy gives four gametes because n equals 2. If one gene is not heterozygous, as in XXYy × XXyY, n equals 1 and the F1 plants form two gametes. The genotype of the F2 generation can then be found with the 3n formula.

Forked Line Method for Trihybrid Crosses

punnett squares

Predicting Traits with Punnett Squares

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monohybrid crosses

Tracking One Trait in Monohybrid Crosses

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dihybrid crosses

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trihybrid crosses

Forked line method for trihybrid crosses helps predict the outcome of three-trait Mendelian crosses. A trihybrid cross studies three pairs of contrasting characteristics. It combines three separate monohybrid crosses. Common examples include plant height, seed shape, and seed color. In a typical trihybrid cross, the F1 plants are heterozygous for all three traits. They can produce eight different gametes. After self-fertilization, these gametes can lead to 64 genotype combinations in the F2...

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Multiple Alleles in Trait Inheritance

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x and y chromosomes

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Sex chromosomes help determine biological sex in mammals, including humans. Humans have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. Each diploid cell has 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes. A female usually has two X chromosomes, while a male usually has one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Egg and sperm cells carry only half the usual number of chromosomes. They contain 22 autosomes and one sex chromosome. Every egg has an X chromosome. Sperm cells can carry either an X or a Y...

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The Y chromosome is a sex chromosome that helps guide male development in humans and other vertebrates and mammals. Human males usually have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, along with 22 pairs of autosomes. In these organisms, the presence or absence of the Y chromosome influences whether male traits develop. The Y chromosome evolved from an autosome about 300 million years ago, when two sex chromosomes began to diverge. Since then, it has lost most of its genes and become much smaller.

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Drosophila Sex Determination by X:A Balance

In Drosophila, sex is determined by the balance between X chromosomes and autosomes, not by the X and Y chromosomes alone. The Y chromosome is active in these flies, but it does not set sex. Instead, it carries genes needed for sperm production in adult males. A normal male Drosophila has one X chromosome and two sets of autosomes. A normal female has two X chromosomes and two sets of autosomes. When this X:A ratio changes, flies can develop different sexual phenotypes, including metamales,...

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Learn how the forked line method simplifies trihybrid crosses, predicts the 27:9:9:9:3:3:3:1 ratio, and uses 2n and 3n rules for gametes and genotypes.

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Heredity: Inheritance And Variation Of Traits

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Genetic Crosses

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Punnett Squares

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Trihybrid Crosses
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Law of Independent Assortment

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Pedigree Analysis

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Lethal Alleles

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Polygenic Traits

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Use mathematics and computational thinking to predict the variation and distribution of expressed traits based on: Mendelian inheritance, co-dominance, incomplete dominance, multiple alleles, and sex-linked inheritance.

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Probability Laws

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Analyze and interpret data to explain how polygenic traits result in a wide range of phenotypes.

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Understand genetic mechanisms for variation.

Forked Line Method for Trihybrid Crosses

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