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Some traits are determined by the combined effect of two or more pairs of alleles. These traits are called polygenic traits. Each pair of alleles adds something to the resulting phenotype. Other names for polygenic traits are multifactorial traits, or quantitative traits.
Gene 1: R=red
r=yellow
Pepper Color
Possible genotypes: R-/Y- : red (red/no chlorophyll) R-/yy : brown/orange (red/chlorophyll) rr/Y- : yellow (yellow/no chlorophyll) rr/yy : green (yellow/chlorophyll)
Pepper Color
Try crossing a brown pepper (RRyy) with a yellow pepper (rrYY). Which trait will your offspring (F1 generation) produce?
What traits are produced when you cross two of the peppers found in the F1 generation?
Comb shape is controlled by two genes found on two different pairs of chromosomes.
Gene 1: R Gene 2: P
rrPP x RRpp
RrPp x RrPp
Polygenics Problem
The height of plants is controlled by 4 pairs of alleles. Alleles A, B, and C contribute 3 cm to the plant's height. Alleles that are recessive do not contribute to the height. Gene L is always found in a homozygous dominant condition and always contributes 40 cm to the height. a) What would be the height of a plant with the genotype AABBCCLL? b) What would be the height of a plant with a genotype aabbccLL? c) What would be the height of the offspring produced from a cross between the plants in a) and b)? d) What would be the heights of the offspring produced from a cross between AaBbCcLL and AaBbCcLL? (now there is a challenge!)
Lets Review:
Sex linked traits - X linked recessive - X linked dominant - y linked Sex influenced traits Polygenics Epistasis Pick up a piece of flip chart paper and a marker for your table. Summarize the new genetics topics.