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Alabama Course of Study Science

9-12

Biology

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Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

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Blood Types

La classificazione del sangue ABO divide il sangue umano in quattro tipi in base alla presenza o all'assenza di due antigeni specifici, l'antigene A e l'antigene B, sulla superficie dei globuli rossi. Questi antigeni sono codificati da tre alleli.
L'allele immunoglobulina A, o semplicemente allele A, codifica per l'antigene A sulla superficie del globulo rosso. Allo stesso modo, l'allele B codifica per l'antigene B.
Il terzo allele - registrato come i minuscolo e indicato come allele O - non codifica per l'antigene, il che significa che i globuli rossi non hanno né l'antigene A né l'antigene B.
Poiché la presenza dell'antigene determina il gruppo sanguigno, gli alleli A e B sono dominanti sull'allele O, che non produce alcun antigene. 
Gli esseri umani sono organismi diploidi e quindi ricevono due copie degli alleli, una da ciascun genitore. Una persona con due copie dell'allele A o una copia di A e l'allele recessivo O ha sangue di tipo A. Allo stesso modo, una persona con due copie dell'allele B o una copia di B e l'allele recessivo O ha sangue di tipo B.
Avere una copia dell'allele A e una dell'allele B si traduce nel sangue di tipo AB, un esempio di codominanza, in cui entrambi gli antigeni sono espressi sulla superficie dei globuli rossi. Al contrario, una persona con entrambe le copie dell'allele recessivo che non esprime l'antigene avrà sangue di tipo O.
Considera un maschio con gruppo sanguigno AB e una femmina con gruppo sanguigno O. La loro progenie può ereditare una copia dell'allele A o B dal padre e un allele recessivo dalla madre, dando vita a una prole con sangue di tipo A o di tipo B.
Il fattore Rh è un altro sistema di tipizzazione del sangue, questa volta basato sull'antigene Rh, chiamato anche antigene D, sui globuli rossi. La presenza dell'antigene D è indicata con un segno più e la sua assenza è contrassegnata da un segno meno.
Combinando entrambi i sistemi di tipizzazione, una persona può essere classificata come A, B, AB o O con fattori Rh positivi o negativi.

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gruppi sanguigni

Il sangue umano è classificato in diversi tipi in base alla presenza di antigeni sulla superficie dei globuli rossi e di anticorpi nel plasma. La corretta identificazione del gruppo sanguigno è essenziale per una trasfusione di sangue di successo. La Società Internazionale di Trasfusione di Sangue ha identificato 38 tipi di sangue umano in base agli antigeni di superficie sui globuli rossi. I tipi più comuni sono i gruppi sanguigni ABO, Rh e MNS.

Gruppo sanguigno ABO

Gli antigeni ABO sono glicoproteine codificate dai geni presenti sul cromosoma 9. I globuli rossi hanno una porzione glicoproteica base composta da fruttosio, galattosio e N-acetilglucosamina, chiamata antigene H. Il sangue con solo l'antigene H sulla superficie dei globuli rossi è classificato come gruppo sanguigno O. L'aggiunta della molecola terminale di carboidrati - N-acetilgalattosamina all'antigene H costituisce l'antigene A. La presenza di un galattosio terminale sull'antigene H forma l'antigene B. In un raro gruppo sanguigno chiamato gruppo sanguigno di Bombay, i pazienti mancano dell'antigene H sui globuli rossi. Il gruppo sanguigno di Bombay è una condizione estremamente rara con una frequenza pari a circa 4 per milione di abitanti umani.

Gruppo sanguigno MNS

Gli antigeni del gruppo sanguigno MNS sono espressi sulla superficie dei globuli rossi. Questi sono codificati da due geni altamente polimorfici, la glicoforina A (GYPA) e la glicoforina B (GYPB). Il GYPA codifica per l'antigene M o N, mentre GYPB codifica per l'antigene S o s e l'antigene N ("N"). Questi geni possono ricombinarsi per produrre oltre 40 antigeni diversi.

Gruppo sanguigno Rh

Il fattore Rh è un altro antigene presente sulla superficie dei globuli rossi. In base alla sua presenza o assenza, una persona può essere classificata come Rh positiva o negativa. Landsteiner e Wiener coniarono il termine fattore Rh nel 1937. Successivamente, l'alloanticorpo umano fu ribattezzato anti-D. Finora, nel sistema Rh sono stati identificati più di 45 antigeni diversi. Il gruppo sanguigno Rh è più comunemente usato insieme al gruppo sanguigno ABO.

Gruppi sanguigni

Il sangue umano è classificato in diversi tipi in base alla presenza di antigeni sulla superficie dei globuli rossi e di anticorpi nel plasma. Decente...

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Didattica

JoVE Core

Molecular Biology

Biologia Molecolare

Unit 2

Unità 2

Mendelian Genetics

Genetica mendeliana

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

TERMINI E CONCETTI CHIAVE

blood types and transfusion matching

Human blood types help determine safe blood transfusion matching. Blood is classified by antigens on the surface of red blood cells and antibodies in the plasma. Correct blood typing matters because an unsafe match can affect transfusion success. The International Society of Blood Transfusion has identified 38 human blood types, and ABO, Rh, and MNS are among the most common.

The ABO blood group depends on antigens made by genes on chromosome 9. Red blood cells carry a base glycoprotein called the H-antigen. If only the H-antigen is present, the blood type is O. Adding N-acetylgalactosamine produces antigen A, while adding terminal galactose produces antigen B.

A rare blood group called the Bombay blood group is different because these patients lack H-antigen on red blood cells. This condition is extremely rare, with an occurrence as low as about 4 per million people. The ABO system therefore includes both common blood types and a rare exception that changes how blood is classified.

The MNS blood group is another red blood cell system. Its antigens are encoded by two highly polymorphic genes, glycophorin A (GYPA) and glycophorin B (GYPB). GYPA codes for M or N antigen. GYPB codes for S or s antigen and also the N antigen. These genes can recombine to produce more than 40 different antigens.

The Rh blood group is based on the presence or absence of Rh factor on the red blood cell surface. A person is classified as Rh positive or Rh negative depending on that antigen. Landsteiner and Wiener coined the term Rh-factor in 1937, and the human alloantibody was later renamed anti-D. More than 45 Rh antigens have been identified, and Rh grouping is most often used together with ABO blood grouping.

Blood Types and Transfusion Matching

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

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chi-square analysis

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pedigree analysis

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multiple allele traits

Multiple Alleles in Trait Inheritance

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incomplete dominance

Incomplete Dominance in Traits and Disease

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lethal alleles

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polygenic traits

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x and y chromosomes

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the y chromosome determines maleness

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the ratio of x chromosome to autosomes

Drosophila Sex Determination by X:A Balance

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x-linked traits

X-Linked Inheritance in Families

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x-inactivation

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blood types

Human blood types help determine safe blood transfusion matching. Blood is classified by antigens on the surface of red blood cells and antibodies in the plasma. Correct blood typing matters because an unsafe match can affect transfusion success. The International Society of Blood Transfusion has identified 38 human blood types, and ABO, Rh, and MNS are among the most common. The ABO blood group depends on antigens made by genes on chromosome 9. Red blood cells carry a base glycoprotein called...

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key terms and concepts

Learn how ABO, Rh, and MNS blood groups are identified by cell-surface antigens, and why matching blood types matters for safe transfusions.

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a. Use mathematics and computational thinking to predict patterns of inheritance, including dominance, recessiveness, codominance, and incomplete dominance. Examples: Use a Punnett square to illustrate codominance in genes for blood types. Use probability rules to predict the phenotypes of offspring from different parental combinations.

Epistasis

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Nature and Nurture

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b. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how the interplay of heritable risk factors, somatic mutations, and environment influences human disease. Examples: Because heart disease has heritable and environmental risk factors, a person's total risk needs to include both factors. Cancers have both heritable (breast, lung, colorectal, skin, cervical cancer) and environmental risk factors (smoking, diet, sun exposure, HPV exposure). Clarification: Epigenetics could be an extension of this standard.

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a. Construct an explanation of how new genetic combinations and variations occur during crossover.

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b. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how errors during meiosis and environmental factors affect the expression of traits. Examples: Translocation between chromosomes 8 and 11 can cause myeloproliferative disorder and lymphoma. Smoking and exposure to teratogenic chemicals can alter genes in reproductive cells that can be passed on to offspring.

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Blood Types and Transfusion Matching

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