Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Oh boy this'll be a longggggg one you guys!

We started our class yesterday in the math lab. Mrs. Stein gave us a stamp for last night's homework. We spent the class on the homework. Homework: Pages 83-85 in UP using this link: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/.

Today, we turned in pages 83 and 84 in the UP. We went over questions we had for the test tomorrow. Then we watched a movie with cloning and using extinct animal hair's to clone them in it's relative cousin. We also picked up a gold packet for our study guide for our final. Do NOT use it for the test tomorrow. Please follow the objectives in the golden UP packet.

REVIEW!!!!!!!!
BELOW WILL BE A REVIEW FOR THE TEST ON FRIDAY!!
Words in
green are vocab.
Chromsomes
-Eukaryotic cells have pairs of homologous chromosomes. Homologous chromosomes = each set is from each parent.
-Some are haploid (one set; N) and some are diploid (two sets; 2N, HINT: 'di' means two)
-Human body cells (i.e. muscle cells) are diploid. Total of 46 chromosomes.
-Gemetes (sex cells) are haploid. (i.e. sperm and eggs) Total of 23 chromosomes.
-But sperm (23) fertilizes + egg (23) = zygote (46). Fertilization restores diploid state.
-Zygote = Fertilized Egg
Meiosis
-Occurs to make haploid gametes.
-Chromosome number is cut in half 2N -> N
-Occurs in ovaries and testes
-Two cell divisions
-Increases genetic variation
~Phases in Meiosis 1:
-Prophase 1: homologous chromosomes from tetrads (contains 4 chromatids) and crossing over occurs (they exchange proteins of their chromatids)
-Metaphase 1: tetrads line up along middle
-anaphase 1: homologous chromosomes separate
-telophase 1: two nuclei form
-cytokinesis 1: cells separate
Phases in Meiosis 2
-The process is the same between the divisions EXCEPT: DNA replication and crossing over. -RESULT????
-Same thing as the picture above except.... they are haploid.
-Importance???
-PRODUCES GAMETES!!!!!!
-In men (in one division of a cell) = produces 4 sperm cells.

-In woman (in one division) = just one.

Mendel
-Principle of Dominance = is the principle that states that some alleles are dominant are others are recessive.
-"An organism with at least one dominant allele for a particular form of a trait will exhibit that form of trait. An organism with a recessive allele for a particular form of a trait will exhibit that form only when the dominant allele for the trait is not present." Taken from 11.1 in textbook.
-Law of Segregation = Is when homologous pairs separate. Occurs during Meiosis.
-Law of independent assortment = states that genes for different traits can segregate
independently during the formation of gametes.
-segregate = to separate.
-pure breeding = is when the offspring is produced with the same traits as its parents.
-hybrid = Is the offspring of crosses between parents with different traits.
-alleles = are the different forms of a gene.
-F1 Cross = F1 generation is the offspring of the P generation. Mendel let the F1 generation self-pollinate. Why? Because, after the P generation pollinated, there
were no recessive alleles in F1 but in F2.

Probability = the likelihood that a particular event will occur.

Punnet Squares
-Punnet Square = Punnet squares use mathematical probability to help predict the genotype and phenotype combinations in genetic crosses.
-Phenotype = physical trait
-Genotype = genetic makeup
-homozygous = organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (i.e. AA, aa)
-heterozygous = organism that has two different alleles for a trait (i.e. Aa, Ee)
-independent assortment = states that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes.
-One-Factor/Trait Crosses
-Two-Factor/Trait Crosses
-Incomplete Dominance = Cases in which one allele is not completely dominant over another. (i.e. red flower x white flower = pink flower)
-Codominance = when the phenotypes produced by both alleles are clearly expressed. (i.e. Black feathered chicken x white feathered chicken = Black & White speckled feathered chicken)
-Multiple alleles = A gene with more than two alleles.
-polygenic traits = Traits controlled by two or more genes. (HINT: 'poly' means more than two)
-Environment conditions can affect gene expression and influence genetically determined traits.
-Relate genetics to different breeds of dogs (The last movie we watched in Bio Day)

Human heredity
-Identify types of human chromosomes in a karyotype
-Determine sex (x and y chromosomes)(xx = female xy = male)
-Determine chromosome issues = Down syndrome (extra 21 chromosome), Klinefelter's syndrome (Males who have more than one x chromosome), Turner's syndrome (Females have only one x chromosome)
-Explain how pedigrees are used to study human traits and be able to use a pedigree chart. (Information gained from pedigree analysis makes it possible to determine the nature of genes and alleles associated with inherited human traits)
-Be able to describe and perform genetic crosses on the following human gene autosomal disorders:
a) Recessive alleles: Albinism, cystic fibrosis, PKU, Tay-Sachs disease
b)Dominant alleles: Achondroplasia, Huntington's disease
c) Codominant alleles: Sickle cell disease.

-Sadly, sex linked disorders are more common in males than females.
-Why? Because the disorder is on the 'sex link' meaning on the sex chromosome X. Remember X is in seX link.
-Have to be able to perform sex-linked crosses using the Punnet Sqaure with...: colorblindness, hemophilia, Duchenne Muscular Dystophy

Be able to summarize methods of human DNA analysis: genetic test and DNA Fingerprinting.
-Gel Electrophoresis

-The Human Genome Project was a 13-year, international effort with the main goals of sequencing all 3 billion base pairs of human DNA and identifying all human genes.
-Describe how researchers are attempting to cure genetic disorders
-Be able to discuss ethical issues in human genetics.

Genetic Engineering
-Purpose of of selective breeding = Allowing only those animals with wanted characteristics to produce the next generation. Humans use selective breeding, which takes advantages of naturally occurring genetic variation, to pass wanted traits on to the next generation of organisms.
-Purpose of induced mutations
-Hybridization = crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms.
-Inbreeding = The continued breeding of individuals with similar characteristics.
-Breeders can increase the genetic variation in a population by introducing mutations, which are the ultimate source of biological diversity.

~Explain how scientists manipulate DNA: (Can be found in 15.2)
a) genetic engineering
b)DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Separating DNA, reading sequence, cutting and pasting DNA, making copies of DNA.
c)Uses: electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting for crime cases and paternity cases

~Explain how cells can be transformed (Can be found in 15.2)
~Describe the usefulness of transgenic organisms and cloning (Can be found in 15.2)


The Next Scribe WILL BEEEEEEEE: David

P.S. If you make pictures of certain process like Meiosis, it will actually help you remember it easier!

Ruby Tuesdays!!

Today was a pretty casuall day, nothing special. We showed Mrs. Stein UP 73-74 and 79 for one stamp on our stampsheet. Then we took notes on Genetic Engeneering Tools. With this we learned about all about the homework we did for today just in more detail. In summary we went over that genes are spliced, put into plasmids, bacteria reproduces and then all new bacteria has the gene we want. This bacteria is now cloned. Finally we watched a video called "Not So Perfect Match" ( http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/23/60minutes/main2600721.shtml )
which was about using gel electrophonesis to find DNA fingerprint matches using super technology. This was a very interesting movie with a very sad ending. This was it and overall it was a good tuesday.


Homework:
1.UP 75-78 due tomorrow
2.Test Friday
3. Re-take quiz Thursday (optional)

Next scribe will be... Michelle

Monday, December 13, 2010

Sadly it's Monday.....

Today we started off class by Mrs. Stein giving us an extra day to complete part of our homework from last night (UP pages 73/74/79) and also collecting our other homework which was UP pages 7 through 8 on a disease that we had to research about. Next we got our quizzes back.... some of them were so bad that Mrs. Stein has given us the oppurtunity to go to the TLC to get back some of the points that were lost. After homework we took a little bit of notes on genetic engineering and how it affects our world today. some of them our helpful and some are for entertainment (square watermelon, Ligers, elephazebras, and a wide varitey of some weird fruits and vegetables).



Homework:



TEST!!! (FRIDAY)

Quiz Retakes (in the TLC)

UP 73/74/79





Our next Scribe wil be....

......Krystian........

Sunday, December 12, 2010

5 MoRe DaYs Of ScHoOl!!!

Thursdayyy was QUIZZ DAY!! First we handed in our UP pages 67-71 and then we took a quiz on the different genetic crosses. As soon as you finished your quiz you got to work on pages 7-8 in your UP. We used the GBS libguides to help us find information on one genetic disease of our choice. you are supposed to pick one that you have never heard of or that you are very interested in. For anyone that wasn't sure Mrs. Stein suggested Marfan's Syndrome i think, as a good one to look into. Thats all we did in class on thursday but friday was a bio day in the lyceum! The movie we watched was "Dogs and More Dogs." This movie demonstrated how dogs evolved from wolves a long time ago and also shows how people can breed dogs to get the genetic outcome they want, whether it be for showing reasons or racing reasons, or you just wanted your dog to look/act a certain way. To learn more about this movie you can go to www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/dogs/ because it is a very interesting video to watch.



Homework for the weekend!!
-read sections 14.3 and 15.2 in your textbook and answer the questions on pages 73, 74 and 79 in your UP
-finish UP 7-8(which we started in class) using the GBS libguides to help you find the information about your genetic disease

i hope everyone had a good weekend!!!

the next scribe will be.. Zach..im not really sure on who has scribed and who hasn't because our list has been a little CrAzYyYyYyY!!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

IT IS TOUGH TO BE JEWISH

hey guys! so today we got bear stamps for our homework last night. Sadly there was no video at the start of class so I can't talk about that. Well today we went over the possible genetic disorders from having to many or not enough chromosomes. We went over which chromosome pairs could have the disorder and that was 21, 13, and 18. If you have too many chromosomes on the 21st pair then the disorder is down syndrome. If you have too many on the 13th pair then the disease is Patau syndrome. If you have an extra chromosome on your 18th chromosome then you have Edwards syndrome. We then went over the sex chromosome disorders. The disorder for females is Turner syndrome. Turner syndrome gives females a webbed neck and poor breast development. They also are not as fertile and have a harder time getting pregnant. The disorder for males is called the klinefelter syndrome. This happens when a man has an extra X chromosome. They sometimes have high pitched voices and have some breast development and they don't grow very much facial hair. After that we talked about why certain ethnicities and religions have disorders that are common. The reason is that they are likely to get married to each other and then they make a child that has a bigger chance of getting that disorder. And us jews have it pretty rough. We have like 3 disorders that are common in our population.
Our homework tonight is UP 67-71 and there a quiz tomorow

WELL THATS ALL I GOT! I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO MADISON!
joke of the day: what is lady gagas favorite type of meat?

RAW MEAT

Lady Gaga Charts!

ok, so today was a very short class, only 40 minutes long, because we had the winter sports assembly. the class went by very quickly! first, mrs. stein stamped anyone's hw sheet if they didnt get it stamped yesterday. next, we looked at saadia's fabulous post! then, we went over the homework from last night about the different types of blood-types. after that, we took notes on autosomal recessive disorders, autosomal dominant disorders, chromosomal abnormalities and disfunction, and co-dominant disorders:
autosomal recessive disorders
  • tay-sachs: degenerative nerve disease, early death, mostly common in Jewish people
  • cystic fibrosis: causes mucus build-up in the lungs, causes digestive and liver problems, mostly common in Northern European people
  • phenylketuria (PKU): lack of enzyme needed to break down phenylanine, causes mental retardation. (phenylanine is found in sugar-free gum!!! :O                           
autosomal dominant disorders
  • Huntington's Disease: nervous system disease causes loss of muscle function
  • achodroplasia: a form of dwarfism
chromosomal abnormalities and disfunction
  • nondisjunction in meiosis results in gametes with abnormal chromosome number
  • most cases produce gametes that are not viable (that do not survive)
co-dominant disorders
  • sickle cell disease
  1. sickle cell anemia: abnormal shaped red blood cells don't carry oxygen effectively. 
  2. carriers of the trait are phenotypically different than those 2 normal but they don't have sickle cell anemia.
and then we worked on our homework with a partner that will be due tomorrow (at the VERY end of class)
ok, now i guess i should explain my title!
i found these pictures on google when i was doing a speech on lady gaga.... i thought they were pretty hilarious!
i looked up "lady gaga charts" onto google images becuase i wanted to know which of her songs his the billboard hit 100... but i didnt exactly find what i wanted!

they're not relevant to science... they just  make me laugh :)






HOMEWORK FOR TONIGHT:
-Unit packet pages 47-52
-quiz on Thursday
-and there was also one more thing... it wasnt required, it was just for practice, but i dont remember which page numbers they were... woopsies! oh well.   D:
happy sixth night of hannukah!!!


the next scribe will be...
Jacob (sorry!)

Monday, December 6, 2010

look up in the air i'm everywhere :)

before I explain the title let's go over what happend in class...seems like a smart idea right?

in class we took some notes on genetics & multiple alleles!! yayayayayayayayayay!!! <--- my excited scream! I was gonna write out the notes but they're on this blog like two posts down check. it. out.

we also checked in some homework and if you finished 39-42 you got a stamp and if you finished pages 39-41 you got two stamps. you can still turn in 41-42 it's not late!!! (hint: if your having trouble see the notes!!)

pedigrees: squares= boy
circles= girl
Shaded= has the trait
*circle half shaded= carrier
* sex- linked problems
something cool: nasa is redefining life because they found an organism that has arsenic in place of phosphate meaning our notion that phosphate is needed to survive has discarded and this organism could potentially live in space. awesome right?

homework:1) up 43-46 - tomorrow
2) read 14.2- complete the materials and quiz on the online book - tomorrow
3) up47-52-wednesday
4) quiz thursday
now to explain this title soooooo it's a quote from my favorite rapper feroz (he's not mainstream... i hate mainstream music) he gives his music for free and it actually has meaning to it :) soooo check out his blog at hiimferoz.com (be careful because some of his songs have some bad words but not all!)

the next scribe is sabina :)

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Whose Scribin' Friday???

Alrighty... so i am getting to the bottom of the scribe list debacle... BE SURE YOU TAG YOUR SCRIBE POSTS correctly... I can keep track much easier of who has scribed if you do so... So, I am scribe!

Soooo.... class Friday was REALLY awesome. As always... we went over the answers to the dihybrid crosses.. we went over the answers to Thursday nights homework....


We then discussed codominance and incomplete dominance.  Remember... Codominance is when BOTH alleles are expressed equally... they are both dominant and no blending occurs.  Incomplete dominance is when neither is dominant nor recessive... instead, the two phenotypes BLEND together... The problems are done the same way as before except you don't use any lowercase letters.

Homework for monday is to complete the Codominance/Incomplete Dominance Problems... and then go ahead to try the multiple allele and sex linked problems (see the videos on my other posts for help)... so, do UP 39-46 (i think those are the pages! I left my packet at school!)

The next scribe is .... Saadia

Sex Linked Problems

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Multiple Alleles

I hope you enjoy this one! ... it took me FOREVER to get it...i kept screwing up! Also, be sure to look at my post from last night!!!

Friday, December 3, 2010

Connection between Meiosis and Mendalian Genetics

One of your classmates asked "what is the connection between meiosis and what we are doing now (ie: punnett square problems)... below is what I wrote as I explained the answer. Can you follow it?


Crazy News!!!!

Have you heard? Scientists are redefining what it means to be living? Do you know how? Have you heard about the new biological discovery that was announced on Dec 2nd???? If so, email me... be sure to completely explain (in your own words!) what the discovery was, the science (and genetics) behind the discovery, and WHY its sooooo very cool!!!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

YAYYY 2maro is FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dihybrid Crosses
Miosis One










How to foil












First, I want to say that I'm sooo sorry that i forgot 2 do the blog Wednesday night!! I completely forgot :(

WEDNESDAY: We started the class with a wonderful Mitosis Square dance video and we were allowed to get up and dance but...nobody did haha! Then Mrs. Stein gave us a stamp for the homework. We went over questions seven and eight because many people had questions. Mrs stein told us that we should not skip any steps on the pun it squares because you will be "toast" and she will "annihilate you!!" You must separate your gametes (alleles) in order to move on to the next step because it is a step in Mitosis. Mrs. Stein also posted a video on the blog if Tuesday's class was confusing, so she explained her video. She also mentioned that there is a link to a Mitosis video on Moodle if you need it. Bridget asked a WONDERFUL question on the Mitosis stages and the number of chromosomes in each stage. Then we took notes on Mitosis which was put on moodle if u need them. We also talked about the crossing over that occurs in Prophase II and its when the chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids. In men, four sperm cell is made and in women, one egg is made. In addition, we learned Mendels Law of independent assortment which is when explains alleles separate form each other and it leads to the formation of many gametes. Mendal is the father of genetics and he was a monk that mated pea plants. We also did a Practice problem which was...."In aliens, three eyes is dominant to two eyes. A heterozygous three eyed alien mated with a two eyed alien and had eight alien babies. How man would you expect to have two eyes?" the answer was a probability of a 50% chance of 8 alien babies. Try figuring out how we got this on your own if you missed class and ask Mrs.Stein for help tomorrow if you don't understand it. After this practice problem, we did a lab that was on page 23 and most people finished this lab in class.

Homework:

Finish the Lab and read 11.1 and 11.2

THURSDAY:

We started the class by turning in the lab pages. Then we took notes on probability. Probability is the likely hood that a particular event will occur and it is used to predict outcomes. If you flip a coin four times in a row, the probability that it will land on tails all times is one sixteenth. We also took notes on dihybrid crosses which is a two trait cross that uses two sets of alleles from both parents. It has the same steps EXCEPT determining the parental gametes is more complex. You have to foil (First, Outside, Inside, Last) the gametes and then put them on a punnet square to find the parental gametes. An example of a punit square is on the blog that shows how to find the parental gametes. I would also recommend that you watch all the videos that Mrs. Stein posted because today's class would be confusing if you missed it and the information is going to keep building as the days go on.

Homework:
1.Read 11.3 and do Cornell notes
2.Do pages Up 33 to 35

Sorry again for not doing the blog!! I hope this helps people who were absent :)

ANDD the next scribe will be Serena!

Dihybrid Crosses