Text Box: Genetics Part VI

MENDEL’S SECOND LAW

 

Law of segregation of allele pairs:

 

    When you cross two  individuals from the from the first filial generation F1, the allele pairs segregate and recombine independently from each other. The F2 generation will be similar to the grandparents.

 

Brown male carrier of Phaeo X

Brown female carrier of Phaeo

               

       ( Xb Xa )                      ( Xb Ya )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

MENDEL’S THIRD LAW

 

Law of independent assortment of alleles and their random recombination in the third filial generation:

 

     This law refers to  parents that are dihybrid for two different characteristics, the alleles for the different characters are redistributed independently from each other in the third generation...

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         DERECHOS RESERVADOS

MENDEL’S FIRST LAW

Law of dominance:

 

     When you cross two pure breeds of contrasting characters the  F1 product will be  identical in its manifestation and the dominant character will be expressed in the phenotype.

 

Brown male homozygous  X Female Phaeo homozygous

                     

           ( Xb Xb )                  ( Xa Ya)

 

 

 

 

                                                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the progeny will be of Brown phenotype and carriers of Phaeo

X

X

Brown male/Phaeo

Phaeo female

Brown male

Brown female/Phaeo

     H

M

    X a

Y a

X b

b/a

b/a

X b

b/a

b/a

     H

M

    X b

Y a

X B

bb

b/a

X a

b/a

aa