Friday, December 14, 2012

Dec. 14

2. Turners Syndrome- X0, female, characteristic appearance, low estrogen & progesterone, sterility & decreased femininity.

3. Meta Female- XXX, severe disability

4. Meta Male- Xyy, no effect

IV. Translocation- When one chromosome pulls off a part of another during Meiosis, Result: a piece of a chromosome extra or missing.

SRY Gene- (sex determining region of the Y) epistatic gene that controls two other genes.

1. Testosterone Gene- promotes testosterone release in the 9th week of development, causes male anatomy to form.
2. MIS Gene- stops female anatomy from forming.

No comments:

Post a Comment