5.6

Chromosomal Inheritance

AP Biology

Chromosomal Inheritance

The chromosome theory of inheritance

Evidence: Thomas Hunt Morgan and fruit flies

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Linked genes

Gene linkage

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Recombination frequency and genetic mapping

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Constructing a genetic map

Sex chromosomes

Human sex determination

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X-inactivation (Barr bodies)

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Chromosomal abnormalities

Nondisjunction

Human aneuploidies

Chromosomal structural abnormalities

Translocation and cancer

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Genomic imprinting

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