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Genetics

ICSE · Class 10 · Biology

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1. Basic ideas of heredity and variation

  • Like begets like: organisms produce young ones of their own kind.
  • No two individuals of the same species in a sexually reproducing population possess all similar characteristics, except identical twins.
  • Heredity is the inheritance of species characteristics and parental characteristics.
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2. Chromosomes, genes, alleles and karyotype

  • Characters are transferred by thread-like structures in the nucleus called chromosomes.
  • Chromosomes exist as chromatin reticulum during interphase.
  • Chromosomes carry genes in a linear order.
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3. Types of chromosomes

  • Chromosomes are of two types: autosomes and sex chromosomes.
  • Autosomes control various characters but have no genes for the expression of sexual characteristics.
  • Sex chromosomes are X and Y and control sex determination.
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4. Sex determination in humans

  • Human males are XY and heterogametic.
  • Human females are XX and homogametic.
  • Males produce two types of sperms in equal proportion: 22+X and 22+Y.

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Heredity is the inheritance of speciesChromosomes are threadAlleles are alternative forms ofAutosomes control various body characters butHuman males are heterogametic and produce

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