Male
Female
Eggs
Sperm
Female & Male
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome
Sex Chromosome
Types of gametes
Male produces sperms with A+Y & A+X
(Male - heterogamy)
Androsperms(A+Y)& Gynosperms(A+X)
Female produces ovum with A+X only
Female homogamy
It is seen in unisexual plants also
Example Melandrium album
Sperm with A+X fuses with A+X ovum,
Progeny is- AA+XX - Female
Sperm with A+Y fuses with A+X ovum,
Progeny is- AA+XY - Male
Seen in some insects
Eg-cockroaches,grasshoppers,bugs
Female is homogametic with two homomorphic X chromosomes
Male is heterogametic
Male is- XO with one sex chromosome only
Male produces A+X & A+0 gametes
Male heterogamy
Female produces A+X gametes only
Female is homogametic
A+X sperm fuses with A+X ovum,the progeny is-AA+XX Female
A+0 sperm fuses with A+X ovum the progeny is – Male
Seen in butterflies, moths,fishes birds, reptiles
Male is homogametic with two homomorphic chromosomes - ZZ
Female is heterogametic with two heteromorphic chromosomes –ZW
Male produces A+Z sperms only
Female produces A+Z & A+W eggs
A+Z sperm fuses with A+Z egg progeny is male (AA+ZZ)
A+Z sperm fuses with A+W egg, progeny is female (AA+ZW)
Seen in certain butterflies
Female is heterogametic- produces two types of gametes-A+z & A+0
Male is homogametic - produces A+Z type sperms only
A+Z sperm fuses with A+Z ovum, the progeny is AA+ZZ- Male
A+Z sperm fuses with A+0 ovum, progeny is Female
Seen in bees, wasps,saw flies,ants
Unfertilised egg developes into - male
Fertilised egg developes into female
Female is diploid (2n)
Male is haploid (n)
Sperms are produced by mitosis
Ovum is produced by meiosis
Here sex is determined by number of set of chromosomes
Male honey bee has n = 16 chromosomes
Female Honey bee has 2n = 32 chromosomes
Male honey bee produces gametes by mitosis
Female honey bee produces gametes by meiosis
Male and female gametes fuses and produces 2n = 32 i.e. female honey bee
diploid female bee(meiosis)$\rarr$ eggs $\rarr$ no fertilisation $\rarr$haplodid female bee
diploid female bee(meiosis)$\rarr$ eggs $\rarr$fertilisation $\rarr$diploid male bees
haplodid male bees(no meiosis)$\rarr$ sperms $\rarr$ fertilisation $\rarr$daplodid female bee
Egg with n = 16 without fertilisation develops into male honey bee
So male honey bees do not have father
Male honey bees can’t produce son
Male honey bee has only mother
A gene produces multiple phenotypic effect
Eg: The genes that control flower colour in sweet pea also control colour of the seed coat and red spots in axils of the leaves
In Drosophila the gene for wing size also controls eye colour and fertility
Pleiotropy is seen in human diseases called sickle cell anaemia
The gene alter the type of haemoglobin and also change the shape of RBCs
BB produces large starch grains
Bb produces intermediate starch grains
bb produces smaller starch grains
The same gene controls the shape of the seed
BB genes produces round seed
Bb genes produces round seed
bb genes produces wrinkled
Bb genes shows incomplete dominance in the production of starch grain.
It is also known as quantitative inheritance or multiple genic inheritance or cumulative gene effect
A character is controlled by many genes
**Eg:**Skin colour in human, height in individual, hair colour, weight, intelligence, milk production in cattle, egg laying in chicken, etc
A character controlled by many genes is known as polygenic character
Each dominant gene shows additive effect or cumulative effect in the production of the phenotype
Controlled by 3 separate pairs of gene
Represented as Aa, Bb, Cc located on different chromosomes
They are inherited independently
A, B, C controls dark colour of the skin
The dark colour of the skin is proportionate to the number of dominant genes present
A pure negro has 6 dominant genes for skin colour
AA BB CC
A pure white has 6 recessive genes for skin colour
aa bb cc
A cross between pure negro and pure white produces F1 hybrid offspring with the genotype Aa Bb Cc
The phenotype is known as mulatto
The skin colour is intermediate between both the parents
In the F2 generation there are 64 combinations
The skin colour ranges from pure black (negro) to pure white with so many gradations.
Pure black or negro : 1/64
Very dark brown : 6/64
Dark brown : 15/64
Mulatto : 20/64
Light brown : 15/64
Very light brown : 6/64
Pure white : 1/64
The F2 phenotypic ratio in polygenic inheritance is 1:6:15:20:15: 6:1
Sir Francis Galton first studied the polygenic inheritance
Study of family history about the inheritance of a trait in humans
It is done for many generations
It is represented in family tree using some symbols
Controlled breeding experiments are not possible in humans
Mendelian disorders are traced in a family by Pedigree analysis
Example- Cystic fibrosis,sickle celled anaemia, Phynyl ketonurea, Thalesemia,colour blindness, Haemophilia
Both sexes are involved
Generation not skipped
“Vertical” transmission
Spontaneous mutation
50% risk for affected child, if parent affected
Male is represented by Square
Female is represented by circle
Affected individual is represented by Shading
Carriers are denoted by symbol with dot
Symbol with number shows the number of the progenies
Line between the parents is the mating line
Double line between the parents shows the consanguineous marriage
Bleeders disease
Caused by recessive gene seen in the X chromosome
Blood of the patient lacks anti haemophilic globulin
Causes profussive bleeding
Reported first in Queen Victoria
Carriers transmit this disease to son
From son to grand daughter
The gene for haemophilia moves in a zig zag manner. So called criss-cross inheritance
Even a minute injury causes heavy bleeding
It is an example of sex linked inheritance
The gene for sex linked inheritance is linked to X chromosome