Homework Questions for Week 2 covering Lecture 1

1. Provide definitions for the following 5 terms

A. homologous chromosome

B. chromatid

C. meiosis

D. recombination

E. centromere

2-4. Problems from Chapter 4: 3, 14, 16, 17 (a-c)

5. If an individual has genotype Aa, draw all possible arrangements of the chromosomes and chromatids, containing the “A” locus at Metaphase I of Meiosis. What are the genotypes of the gametes produced? Do the same for an individual that is AaBb where the “A” and “B” loci are on different chromosomes. What are the genotypes of the gametes produced?