Campbell Biology in Focus
Campbell Biology in Focus
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 11TYU

FOCUS ON EVOLUTION

Crossing over is thought to be evolutionarily advantageous because it continually shuffles genetic alleles into novel combinations. Until recently, it was thought that Y-linked genes might degenerate because they lack homologous genes on the X chromosome with which to recombine. However, when the Y chromosome was sequenced, eight large regions were found to be internally homologous to each other, and quite a few of the 78 genes represent duplicates. Explain how this might be beneficial.

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Mitotic recombination can occasionally produce a twin spot.Let’s suppose an animal species is heterozygous for two genesthat govern fur color and length: one gene affects pigmentation,with dark pigmentation (A) dominant to albino (a); the other geneaffects hair length, with long hair (L) dominant to short hair (l).The two genes are linked on the same chromosome. Let’s assume ananimal of this species is AaLl; A is linked to l, and a is linked to L.Draw the chromosomes labeled with these alleles, and explainhow mitotic recombination could produce a twin spot with onespot having albino pigmentation and long fur and the other havingdark pigmentation and short fur.
It is also note that Chimpanzee has a chromosomal complement of 2N = 48, whereas human has 2N = 46. Interestingly, chromosomal banding patterns have revealed that the chromosome 12 and 13 of chimp show homology with human chromosome 2 (see figure for the alignment of human and chimp banding patterns). This is a good example of chromosomal aberration in evolution. What type of chromosomal rearrangement is likely explained the evolution of human chromosome 2 from the two chromosomes of chimpanzee? A. Translocation B. Duplication C. Inversion D. Deletion
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