Extension of Mendelism
Extension of Mendelism
Extension of Mendelism
Genetics (SQBS 2753)
Extensions of Mendelism
Extensions of Mendelism
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Beyond Mendel
Mendel…
• Since
Since Mendel
Mendel’ss work was rediscovered in the
work was rediscovered in the
early 1900’s:
– Researchers have studied the many ways genes
Researchers have studied the many ways genes
influence an individual’s phenotype
– These investigations are called neo
These investigations are called neo‐Mendelian
Mendelian
genetics (neo from Greek for “new”)
– This chapter examines types of inheritance
This chapter examines types of inheritance
observed by researchers that did not conform to
the expected Mendelian ratios
Extensions of Mendelian Genetics
• How alleles affect phenotype
How alleles affect phenotype
– Not always simple dominant/recessive issue
• Gene interaction
Gene interaction
– Phenotype controlled by more than one gene
• Sex‐linked genes (X‐linkage in X/Y organisms)
• Phenotype can depend on more than
genotype
– Environmental effects
Extended Mendelian Inheritance Patterns
• Incomplete dominance
– Heterozygosity
Heterozygosity at a locus produces a third 3 phenotype
at a locus produces a third 3 phenotype
intermediate to the two homozygous phenotypes
• Co‐dominance
– Heterozygosity at a locus produces a single unique
phenotype different from either homozygous condition
• Overdominance
– Heterozygosity at a locus creates a phenotype that is more
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beneficial or more deterimental than homozygosity of
fi i l d t i t l th h it f
either locus with any allele
Extended Mendelian Inheritance Patterns
• Lethality
– Homozygosity of an allele kills the cell or organism
• Penetrance
– A measure of how variation in expression of a
given allele occurs
given allele occurs
– incomplete penetrance describes the lack of effect
a deleterious allele might have in an individual
a deleterious allele might have in an individual
carrying it
Extended Mendelian Inheritance Patterns
• Sex‐linked
Sex linked
– inheritance of genes on that are unique to a sex
chromosomes
– pseudoautosomal genes – genes on both sex
chromosomes appear to be on autosomes
• Sex‐influenced
S i fl d
– An allele is expressed differently in each sex. Behaving
dominantly in one sex and recessively in the other
dominantly in one sex and recessively in the other
• Sex‐limited
– An allele is only expressed in one or the other sex
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EXTENSIONS TO MENDEL FOR
EXTENSIONS TO MENDEL FOR
SINGLE‐GENE INHERITANCE
Complete Dominance/Recessiveness
Complete Dominance/Recessiveness
• recessive
recessive allele does not affect the phenotype
allele does not affect the phenotype
of the heterozygote
• two possible explanations
two possible explanations
– 50% of the normal protein is enough to
accomplish the protein’ss cellular function
accomplish the protein cellular function
– The normal gene is
The normal gene is “upup‐regulated
regulated” to compensate
to compensate
for the lack of function of the defective allele
Simple Mendelian Inheritance
Simple Mendelian Inheritance
Normal/dominant alelle: P (purple)
Recessive/defective alelle: p (white)
Genotype PP Pp pp
Amount of
100% 50% 0%
functional protein
Phenotype Purple Purple White
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Incomplete Dominance
Incomplete Dominance
• Heterozygote
yg exhibits a phenotype intermediate
p yp to the
homozygote
• Also called intermediate dominance or dosage effect
• Example: Flower colour of snapdragon
• Phenotypic ratio: 1 (red) :2 (pink):1 (white) and NOT the 3:1
ratio
Amount of
Phenotype Genotype
gene product
Red RR 2X
Pink Rr X
White rr 0
Gene Dosage – A form of intermediate
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dominance
• Alleles of white
Alleles of white –
– X‐linked eye color gene in Drosophila
– W –
W red (wildtype gene)
red (wildtype gene)
– w ‐ white
– we ‐ eosin
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• we allele was expressed with different
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intensity in the two sexes
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– Homozygous females Æ eosin
– Males Æ light‐eosin
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Gene Dosage
• Morgan
Morgan & Bridges hypothesized that
& Bridges hypothesized that
difference in intensity was due to the
difference in number of X chromosomes
difference in number of X chromosomes
– Female has two copies of the “eosin color
producer” allele
producer allele
• Eyes will contain more color
– Males have only one
Males have only one copy of the allele
copy of the allele
• Eyes will be paler
• This is an example of gene dosage effect
This is an example of gene dosage effect
Codominance
– two alleles at a locus produce different and
two alleles at a locus produce different and
detectable gene products in heterozygote
– No dominance or recessiveness
– No “blended” phenotype (not incomplete
dominance)
• Example: MN blood group in humans
– Red blood cell glycoprotein surface antigen has
Red blood cell glycoprotein surface antigen has
two forms (M and N)
– An individual may exhibit either or both
An individual may exhibit either or both
Codominance
For example:
For example:
• One serum (anti‐M) recognises only the M antigen;
anti‐N recognises only N antigen
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• Antigen M reacts with anti‐M causes
AGGLUTINATION
Genotype Phenotype
LMLM MM
LMLN MN
LNLN NN
Multiple Alleles
Multiple Alleles
• The
The term multiple alleles is used to describe
term multiple alleles is used to describe
situations when three or more different alleles
of a gene exist
of a gene exist
• Examples:
– ABO blood
ABO bl d
– Coat color in many species
– Eye color in Drosophila
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Multiple Alleles
• ABO
ABO blood phenotype is determined by multiple
blood phenotype is determined by multiple
alleles
• ABO type result of antigen on surface of RBCs
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– Antigen A, which is controlled by allele IA
– Antigen B, which is controlled by allele IB
– Antigen O, which is controlled by allele i
Blood Type O A B AB
Genotype ii IAIA or IAi IBIB or IBi I AI B
Surface
O A B A and B
g
Antigen
Allelic Series
Allelic Series
• Dominance
Dominance hierarchy will exist for
hierarchy will exist for
multiple alleles
– allelic series for ABO type
• IA = IB > i
– allelic series for rabbit coat color alleles :
• C > cch > ch > c
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Allelic Series
Allelic Series
• coat color in rabbits
coat color in rabbits
– C (full coat color)
– cch (chinchilla pattern of coat color)
pattern of coat color)
• Partial defect in pigmentation
– ch (himalayan pattern of coat color)
pattern of coat color)
• Pigmentation in only certain parts of the body
– c (albino)
c (albino)
• Lack of pigmentation
Allelic Series
• Four alleles, c gene in rabbits ‐‐‐> six
heterozygotes;
• C+ : completely dominant
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• Cch (chinchila allele): partly dominant over the
himalayan and albino alleles
himalayan and albino alleles
• Dominance relationship:
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• C gene
gene – formation of black pigment in fur;
formation of black pigment in fur;
• Albino allele – nonfunctional allele = null
=amorphic (completely recessive)
(completely recessive)
• Partly functional allele = hypomorphic
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Coat Colour in Rabbit
Coat Colour in Rabbit
Rabbit Genotype
yp Phenotype
yp
Albino CC White hairs over the entire body
Himalayan Black hairs on the extremities;
ChCh
white hairs everywhere else
Chinchilla White hair with black tips on the
CchCch
body
Wild‐type Coloured hairs over the entire
C+C+
bodyy
Lethal Alleles
• Essential genes are those that are absolutely
required
q for survival
– The absence of their protein product leads to a lethal
phenotype
• It is estimated that about 1/3 of all genes are essential for
survival
• Nonessential genes are those not absolutely
required
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• A lethal allele is one that has the potential to
cause the death of an organism
– These alleles are typically the result of mutations in
essential genes
– usually recessive, but can be dominant
Lethal Alleles
• Example: agouti (coat color) in mice
Example: agouti (coat color) in mice
– agouti x agouti Æ all agouti
– yellow x yellow Æ 2/3 yellow, 1/3
yellow x yellow Æ 2/3 yellow 1/3
agouti
– agouti x yellow Æ ½ yellow, ½ agouti
agouti x yellow Æ ½ yellow ½ agouti
– Explanation: mutant yellow dominant over wt
agouti and homozygous agouti lethal Mutant
agouti and homozygous agouti lethal. Mutant
allele always on (gain of function), deletion
actually affects neighboring essential gene
Yellow Yellow
Ay A+ Ay A+
Sperms
A+ Ay
A+ A+ A+Ay
A+ (Gray‐Brown or (Yellow)
agouti)
Eggs
A+Ay AyAy
Ay (Yellow) (Embryonic
lethality)
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Lethal Dominant Mutations
• Both
Both homozygous
homozygous and heterozygous
and heterozygous states are
states are
lethal
• Generally very rare
Generally very rare
• Example: Huntington disease (humans)
– Nervous and motor system degeneration
– Commonly begins to be exhibited after age forty
(but can be much earlier)
• Children already born
• Afflicted persons are heterozygous (Hh)
Conditional Mutations
• The
The ch allele is a temperature
ch allele is a temperature‐sensitive
sensitive
conditional mutant
– The enzyme is only functional at low temperatures
The enzyme is only functional at low temperatures
– Therefore, dark fur will only occur in cooler areas
of the body
of the body
Overdominance
• Overdominance is the phenomenon in which
is the phenomenon in which
a heterozygote is more vigorous than both of
the corresponding homozygotes
the corresponding homozygotes
• Example:
Example
– Sickle‐cell heterozygotes are resistant to malaria
– increased disease resistance in plant hybrids
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Incomplete Penetrance
• In
In some instances, a dominant allele is not
some instances a dominant allele is not
expressed in a heterozygote individual
• Example = Polydactyly
Example = Polydactyly
– Autosomal dominant trait
– Affected individuals have additional fingers and/or
Aff d i di id l h ddi i l fi d/
toes
– A single copy of the polydactyly allele is usually
A i l f th l d t l ll l i ll
sufficient to cause this condition
– In some cases, however, individuals carry the
In some cases however individuals carry the
dominant allele but do not exhibit the trait
I-1 I-2
IInherited
h i d the
h polydactyly
l d l allele
ll l from
f
IV-1 IV-2 IV-3 his mother and passed it on to a
daughter and son;
Does not exhibit the trait himself
even though he is a heterozygote
Incomplete Penetrance
• The term indicates that a dominant allele does
not always “penetrate” into the phenotype of
the individual
• The measure of penetrance is described at the
population level
population level
– If 60% of heterozygotes carrying a dominant allele
exhibit the trait allele, the trait is 60% penetrant
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• Note:
– In any particular individual, the trait is either
In any particular individual the trait is either
penetrant or not
Expressivity
• Expressivity is the degree to which a trait is
is the degree to which a trait is
expressed
• In the case of polydactyly, the number of extra
In the case of polydactyly the number of extra
digits can vary
– A person with several
A ith l extra digits has high
t di it h hi h
expressivity of this trait
– A person with a single
A person with a single extra digit has low
extra digit has low
expressivity
Expressivity
• “Eyeless” mutation in Drosophila
– Reduces eye size from a partial
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reduction to complete elimination
(average 0.25 to 0.50)
Penetrance & Expressivity
• The
The molecular explanation of expressivity and
molecular explanation of expressivity and
incomplete penetrance may not always be
understood
• In most cases, the range of phenotypes is
thought to be due to influences of the
thought to be due to influences of the
– Environment
and/or
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– Other genes (genetic background)
Environmental Effects
• Temperature effects
– Evening primrose produces red flowers at 23°C and white
flowers at 18°C
– Siamese cats and Himalayan rabbits have darker fur on
cooler areas of body (tail, feet, ears)
• Enzymes lose catalytic function at higher temperature
Enzymes lose catalytic function at higher temperature
• Temperature sensitive mutations
– Mutant
Mutant allele only expressed (phenotype) at [generally]
allele only expressed (phenotype) at [generally]
lower temperature
– ts phage mutants, restrictive and permissive temperatures
• Heat‐shock genes
Nutritional Effects
• Nutritional mutations
Nutritional mutations
– Prevent synthesis of nutrient molecules
– Auxotrophs
– Phenotype expressed or not depending upon the diet
• Phenylketonuria (PKU) – recessive disorder of amino
acid metabolism
– Loss of enzyme to metabolize phenylalanine
– Severe problems unless low Phe diet
• Galactosemia (very bad again) and lactose
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intolerance (unpleasant)…
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Environmental Effects on the Expression of
H
Human G
Genes
• Pattern
Pattern baldness
baldness – sex
sex‐influenced
influenced
• Both homo‐ and heterozygotes – bald patches
(male);
• Female – homozygotes – bald (thinning of the
h i)
hair)
• Relate to testosterone
GENE INTERACTIONS
GENE INTERACTIONS
Epistatic Gene Interactions
• Gene
Gene interactions occur when two or more different
interactions occur when two or more different
genes influence the outcome of a single trait
• Most morphological
p g traits (height, weight, color) are
( g , g , )
affected by multiple genes
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• Epistasis describes situation between various alleles
of two genes
• Quantitative loci is a term to describe those loci
controlling quantitatively measurable traits
• Pleiotropy describes situations where one gene
affects multiple traits
Epistasis
• Epistasis
– The effect of one gene pair (locus) masks or modifies the
effect of another gene pair
• Examples
– Recessive alleles at one locus override expression of alleles
at another locus. Alleles at 1st locus are said to be
h l ll l l id b
epistatic to the masked hypostatic alleles at the 2nd locus
– Allele(s) at one locus may require specific allele at another
Allele(s) at one locus may require specific allele at another
locus, these pairs are said to complement each other
Epistatic Gene Interactions
• examine cases involving 2 loci (genes) that each have 2 alleles
g (g )
• Crosses performed can be illustrated in general by
– AaBb X AaBb
– Where A is dominant to a and B is dominant to b
• If these two genes govern two different traits
– A 9:3:3:1 ratio is predicted among the offspring
A 9:3:3:1 ratio is predicted among the offspring
– simple Mendelian dihybrid inheritance pattern
• If these two genes do affect the same trait the 9:3:3:1 ratio
may be altered
– 9:3:4, or 9:7, or 9:6:1, or 8:6:2 or 12:3:1, or 13:3, or 15:1
– epistatic ratios
epistatic ratios
A Cross Producing a 9:7 ratio
White Variety,
White Variety White Variety,
White Variety
CCpp ccPP
F1 All purple,
CcPp
SELF-FERTILIZATION
F2
progeny
9 C_P_ : 3 C_pp
pp :3 ccP_ : 1 ccpp
pp
purple white
Duplicate Recessive Genes (9:7)
=For example:
Flower color of sweet peas
A- codes for color pigment
B codes for color purple
b codes for color white
Duplicate Recessive Genes (9:7)
F2 AB Ab aB ab
AB AABB, AABb, AaBB, AaBb,
purple purple purple purple
Ab AABb, AAbb, white AaBb, Aabb, white
purple purple
aB
B AaBB,
A BB AaBb,
A Bb BB white
aaBB, hit aaBb,
Bb white
hit
purple purple
ab AaBb, Aabb, white aaBb, white aabb, white
purple
Epistatic Gene Interaction
• Complementary gene action
Complementary gene action
– Enzyme C and enzyme P cooperate to make a
product therefore they complement one another
product, therefore they complement one another
Enzyme C Enzyme P
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Enzyme C Enzyme
y P
Colorless Colorless Purple
precursor intermediate pigment
genotype cc genotype pp
Enzyme C Enzyme P
Colorless Colorless Purple
p
precursor intermediate pigment
A Cross Involving a Two-Gene Interaction Can Still
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Produce a99:3:3:1
3 3 1 ratio
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• Inheritance of comb morphology in chicken
Inheritance of comb morphology in chicken
– First example of gene interaction
– William Bateson and Reginald Punnett in 1906
William Bateson and Reginald Punnett in 1906
– Four different comb morphologies:
– Rose, Pea, Walnut & Single
R P W l t & Si l
The crosses of Bateson and Punnett
Rose comb Pea comb
Wyandotte Brahma
RRpp rrPP
RP Rp rP rp
F1 All Walnut,
RrPp RRPP RRPp RrPP RrPp
RP
walnut Walnut Walnut Walnut
RRPp
RRP RRpp
RR RrPp
R P Rrpp
R
Rp
SELF-FERTILIZATION Walnut Rose Walnut Rose
RrPP RrPp rrPP rrPp
rP
W l
Walnut W l
Walnut P
Pea P
Pea
F2 RrPp Rrpp rrPp rrpp
progeny rp
Walnut Rose Pea Single
The crosses of Bateson and Punnett
The crosses of Bateson and Punnett
• F2 generation consisted of chickens with four
generation consisted of chickens with four
types of combs
– 9 walnut : 3 rose : 3 pea : 1 single
9 walnut : 3 rose : 3 pea : 1 single
• Bateson and Punnett reasoned that comb
morphology is determined by two different
morphology is determined by two different
genes
– R (rose comb) is dominant to r
R( b) i d i
– P (pea comb) is dominant to p
– R and P are codominant (walnut comb)
– rrpp produces single comb
Duplicate Dominant Gene (15:1)
=The 9:3:3:1 ratio is modified if the dominant alleles of both loci each produce the
same phenotype without cumulative effect.
=For example:
Flower color of peas
aabb
bb codes
d ffor color
l white
hit
any other combination produce color red
F2 IB Ib iB ib
IB IIBB, IIBb, IiBB, IiBb,
white white white white
Ib IIBb, IIbb, IiBb, Iibb,
white white white white
iB IiBB, IiBb, iiBB, iiBb,
white white black black
ib IiBb, Iibb, iiBb, iibb,
white white black brown
Recessive Epistasis (9:3:4)
Recessive Epistasis
= If the recessive genotype at locus A (eg: aa) suppresses the
expression of alleles at B locus, locus A exhibit recessive
epistasis over locus B.
= For example:
Flower color of peas
A- codes for color pigment
B codes for color purple
b codes for color red
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Recessive Epistasis (9:3:4)
Recessive Epistasis
P: AAbb (red) X aaBB (white)
F 1: AaBb (purple)
F2 AB Ab aB ab
AABB,
AABB AABb,
AABb AaBB,
AaBB AaBb,
AaBb
AB
purple purple purple purple
AABb, AAbb, red AaBb, Aabb, red
Ab
purple purple
AaBB, AaBb, aaBB, aaBb,
aB
purple purple white white
AaBb, Aabb, red aaBb, aabb,
ab
purple white white
Duplicate Genes with Cumulative Effect
(9 6 1)
(9:6:1)
= Occur when dominant allele (homozygous or heterozygous) at either
locus (but not both) produces the same phenotype.
= Genotypes A-bb & aaB- produce one unit each and therefore have
the same phenotype.
= Genotype aabb produces no pigment but in genotype A-B- the effect
is cumulative and 2 units of phenotypes are produced.
= For example:
Color of wheat kernels
R B produce red color
R-B-
rrbb produce white color
Any other combination produces brown color
•
P: RRBB (red) X rrbb (white)
F1: RrBb (red)
F2 RB Rb rB rb
RRBB, RRBb,
RRBB RRBb RrBB,
RrBB RrBb red
RrBb,
RB
red red red
RRBb,, RRbb,, RrBb,, Rrbb,,
Rb
red brown red brown
RrBB, RrBb, rrBB, rrBb,
rB
red
d red
d b
brown b
brown
RrBb, Rrbb, rrBb, rrbb,
rb
red brown brown white
Dominant and Recessive Interaction (13:3)
=Only two F2 phenotypes result when a dominant genotype at 1 locus
(A ) andd the
(A-) th recessive
i genotype
t att another
th (bb) produce
d th
the same
phenotypic effect.
=Genotype yp A-B-, aaB- & aabb pproduce one pphenotype
yp and ggenotype
yp
A-bb produce another in the ratio 13:3.
F2 AB Ab aB ab
AB AABB, AABb, AaBB, AaBb,
white white white white
Ab AABb, AAbb, red AaBb, Aabb, red
white
hit white
hit
aB AaBB, AaBb, aaBB, aaBb,
white white white white
ab AaBb, Aabb, red aaBb, aabb,
white white white
Dominant and Recessive Interaction (13:3)
F2 AB Ab aB ab
AB AABB, AABb, AaBB, AaBb,
white white white white
Ab AABb,
AABb AaBb,
AaBb
AAbb, red Aabb, red
white white
aB AaBB, AaBb, aaBB, aaBb,
white white white white
ab AaBb, aaBb, aabb,
Aabb, red
white white white
Summary of Epistatic Ratios
Genotypes A-B-
A B A-bb
A bb aaB
aaB- aabb
Classical ratio 9 3 3 1
Dominant epistasis
p 12 3 1
Recessive epistasis 9 3 4
Duplicate genes with cumulative
9 6 1
effect
Duplicate dominant genes 15 1
F2 Phenotypes Modified
Organism Character
9/16 3/16 3/16 1/16 ratio
Coat
Mouse Agouti albino Black Albino 9:3:4
colour
Squash Colour White Yellow Green 12:3:1
Flower
Pea Purple White 9:7
colour
Fruit
Squash Disc Sphere Long 9:6:1
shape
Chicken Colour White Coloured White 13:3
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